Bug 1304636 (CVE-2015-8806)

Summary:	CVE-2015-8806 libxml2: heap-buffer overread in dict.c
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	apmukher, athmanem, carnil, cbuissar, c.david86, erik-fedora, fedora-mingw, ktietz, lfarkas, ohudlick, rjones, sardella, slawomir, veillard
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Last Closed:	2016-05-25 10:18:50 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1304638, 1304639, 1304640
Bug Blocks:	1304644

Description Andrej Nemec 2016-02-04 09:09:33 UTC

A heap-buffer overread vulnerability was found in libxml2. A specially crafted file can cause the application to crash.

External bugzilla report with reproducer:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749115

CVE assignment:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/277

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2016-02-04 09:16:27 UTC

Created libxml2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1304638]

Comment 2 Andrej Nemec 2016-02-04 09:16:35 UTC

Created mingw-libxml2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1304639]
Affects: epel-7 [bug 1304640]

Comment 4 Cedric Buissart 2016-04-25 14:11:47 UTC

I believe that this is actually a duplicate of CVE-2016-2073

Comment 5 Cedric Buissart 2016-05-25 10:18:50 UTC

Actually marking this duplicate of CVE-2016-1839, to follow upstream.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1338703 ***

Comment 6 Doran Moppert 2020-02-10 04:31:10 UTC

Statement:

This flaw was found to be a duplicate of CVE-2016-1839. Please see https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1839 for information about affected products and security errata.