CVE-2015-8317 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2015-8317?

CVE-2015-8317 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 15 Dec 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The xmlParseXMLDecl function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information via an (1) unterminated encoding value or (2) incomplete XML declaration in XML data, which triggers an out-of-bounds heap read.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8317?

It affects 9 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Hp Icewall Federation Agent, Hp Icewall File Manager, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node and 3 more.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8317?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-8317 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8317 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as CVE-2016-4619, DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8317, ECHO-954b-1e5d-958e, GHSA-2q4w-wqgx-423v, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8317.