CVE-2015-8806
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
7.5
Description
Denial of service or RCE from libxml2 and libxslt
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8806
Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749115
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8806.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1 |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 15.10 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 16.04 | affected | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| xmlsoft | libxml2 | {"endExcluding":"2.9.4"} | 2.9.4 |
References
- https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/issues/1473
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8806.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/03/5
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82071
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749115
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8806
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8806
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/nokogiri/CVE-2015-8806.yml
- https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160928171015/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82071
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.