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Vigil@nce - libxml2: unreachable memory reading via xmlParseXMLDecl
December 2015 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can create a malformed XML/HTML file, in order to
generate a denial of service in applications linked to libxml2.
Impacted products: libxml2, RHEL.
Severity: 1/4.
Creation date: 23/11/2015.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The libxml2 library implements an XML parser.
However, the xmlParseXMLDecl() function tries to read an
unreachable memory area, which triggers a fatal error.
An attacker can therefore create a malformed XML/HTML file, in
order to generate a denial of service in applications linked to
libxml2.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/libxml2-unreachable-memory-reading-via-xmlParseXMLDecl-18353
