{"id":"USN-2812-1","summary":"libxml2 vulnerabilities","details":"Florian Weimer discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML\ndata. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially\ncrafted document, an attacker could possibly cause resource consumption,\nresulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.04. (CVE-2015-1819)\n\nMichal Zalewski discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML\ndata. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially\ncrafted document, an attacker could possibly cause libxml2 to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.04. (CVE-2015-7941)\n\nKostya Serebryany discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML\ndata. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially\ncrafted document, an attacker could possibly cause libxml2 to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.\n(CVE-2015-7942)\n\nGustavo Grieco discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML\ndata. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially\ncrafted document, an attacker could possibly cause libxml2 to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-8035)\n","modified":"2026-04-22T09:18:36.293566Z","published":"2015-11-16T18:19:52Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1819","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7941","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7942","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8035"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-1819","CVE-2015-7941","CVE-2015-7942","CVE-2015-8035","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1819","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7941","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7942","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8035"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2812-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1819"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7941"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7942"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8035"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libxml2","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml2@2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.5?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.5"}]}],"versions":["2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2","2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu3","2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4","2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.1","2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.2","2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.3","2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.4"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.5","binary_name":"libxml2"},{"binary_version":"2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.5","binary_name":"libxml2-utils"},{"binary_version":"2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.5","binary_name":"python-libxml2"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2015-1819","severity":[{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2015-7941","severity":[{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2015-7942","severity":[{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2015-8035","severity":[{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2812-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}