CVE-2015-0252 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via crafted XML data in the Apache Xerces-C library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-0252?
CVE-2015-0252 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 24 Mar 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
internal/XMLReader.cpp in Apache Xerces-C before 3.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via crafted XML data.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0252?
It affects 3 products.
Linux distribution packages (14)
xerces-c Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:3.1.1-7.el7_1 |
xerces-c-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:3.1.1-7.el7_1 |
xerces-c-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:3.1.1-7.el7_1 |
xerces-c-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:3.1.1-7.el7_1 |
xerces-c Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:3.1.1-7.ael7b_1 |
xerces-c-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:3.1.1-7.ael7b_1 |
xerces-c-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:3.1.1-7.ael7b_1 |
xerces-c-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:3.1.1-7.ael7b_1 |
xerces-c Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:3.1.1-7.el7_1 |
xerces-c-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:3.1.1-7.el7_1 |
xerces-c-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:3.1.1-7.el7_1 |
xerces-c-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:3.1.1-7.el7_1 |
xerces-c SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 | All versions | 3.1.1-4.1 |
xerces-c SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 | All versions | 3.1.1-4.1 |
Products include Apache Xerces-C\+\+, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora.
How do I fix CVE-2015-0252?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2015-0252 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0252 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0252, DLA-181-1, DSA-3199-1, ECHO-0175-0720-6538, GHSA-394g-p2rq-jhvm, MGASA-2015-0136 and 3 more.