| Name | CVE-2015-8242 |
| Description | The xmlSAX2TextNode function in SAX2.c in the push interface in the HTML parser in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) or obtain sensitive information via crafted XML data. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 805146 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libxml2 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u17 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2+deb9u7 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2+deb9u11 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 2.9.4+dfsg1-7+deb10u9 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2.9.4+dfsg1-7+deb10u6 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u4 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u5 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-0.2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libxml2 | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
| libxml2 | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| libxml2 | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| libxml2 | source | (unstable) | 2.9.3+dfsg1-1 | | | 805146 |
Notes
[jessie] - libxml2 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[wheezy] - libxml2 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[squeeze] - libxml2 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=756372
Introduced by: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/826bc320206f70fccd2941a77d363e95e8076898 (v2.9.2-rc1)
Fixed by: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/8fb4a770075628d6441fb17a1e435100e2f3b1a2 (v2.9.3)