MGASA-2015-0358

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 0
Upstream
CVE-2015-1819
Published: 08 Sept 2015, 18:23
Last modified:16 Apr 2026, 06:23

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

08 Sept 2015, 18:23
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
16 Apr 2026, 06:23
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Updated libxml2 packages fix security vulnerabilities Updated libxml2 packages fix security vulnerability: The xmlreader in libxml2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted XML data, related to an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack (CVE-2015-1819). The libxml2 package has been patched to fix this issue, as well as two out-of-bounds read issues (bgo#744980, bgo#746048).

Affected Systems

  • mageia•libxml2

    < 2.9.1-2.3.mga4

  • mageia•libxml2

    < 2.9.1-11.1.mga5

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