Security Bulletin
Summary
Libxml2 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the xmlParseXMLDecl function. By using a malformed XML file, a local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2015-8317
DESCRIPTION: libxml2 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the xmlParseXMLDecl function. By using a malformed XML file, a local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/108316 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Security Guardium 10
Remediation/Fixes
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Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation/First Fix |
| IBM Security Guardium | 10 | PSIRT 66911 | http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=ibm%7EInformation%2BManagement&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_10.0p6019_SecurityUpdate&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc |
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References
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Document Information
Modified date:
16 June 2018
UID
swg21978007