CVE-2015-7995
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
The xsltStylePreCompute function in preproc.c in libxslt 1.1.28 does not check if the parent node is an element, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted XML file, related to a "type confusion" issue.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.1.28-2.1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.1.28-2.1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.1.28-2.1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.1.28-2.1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.1.28-2.1 |
| macos | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| xmlsoft | libxslt | {"endIncluding":"1.1.28"} | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7995.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00003.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00005.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00123.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3605
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/27/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/28/4
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77325
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034736
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.386546
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257962
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=7ca19df892ca22d9314e95d59ce2abdeff46b617
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05111017
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05158380
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2015-7995
- https://support.apple.com/HT205729
- https://support.apple.com/HT205731
- https://support.apple.com/HT205732
- https://support.apple.com/HT206168
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7995
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.