956018 – (CVE-2015-8241) VUL-1: CVE-2015-8241: libxml2: Buffer overread with XML parser in xmlNextChar

Bug 956018 (CVE-2015-8241) - VUL-1: CVE-2015-8241: libxml2: Buffer overread with XML parser in xmlNextChar

Summary: VUL-1: CVE-2015-8241: libxml2: Buffer overread with XML parser in xmlNextChar

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	CVE-2015-8241

Product:	SUSE Security Incidents
Classification:	Novell Products
Component:	Incidents (show other bugs)
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other Other

Priority:	P4 - Low Severity: Normal
Target Milestone:	---
Deadline:	2016-01-22
Assignee:	Security Team bot
QA Contact:	Security Team bot

URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/158936/
Whiteboard:	CVSSv2:RedHat:CVE-2015-8241:4.3:(AV:N...
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Reported:	2015-11-20 11:00 UTC by Johannes Segitz
Modified:	2016-01-22 09:17 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Johannes Segitz 2015-11-20 11:00:30 UTC

rh#1281936

Out of bounds read in xmlNextChar. (A lot of) details and reproducer:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=756263

References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1281936
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-8241
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q4/328
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-8241.html
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8241

Comment 1 Swamp Workflow Management 2015-11-20 23:00:26 UTC

bugbot adjusting priority

Comment 2 SMASH SMASH 2015-11-30 12:16:39 UTC

An update workflow for this issue was started.

This issue was rated as "moderate".
Please submit fixed packages until "Dec. 14, 2015".

When done, reassign the bug to "security-team@suse.de".
/update/121058/.

Comment 6 Bernhard Wiedemann 2015-12-17 14:00:42 UTC

This is an autogenerated message for OBS integration:
This bug (956018) was mentioned in
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/349390 13.2+13.1 / libxml2

Comment 8 Swamp Workflow Management 2015-12-27 00:13:45 UTC

openSUSE-SU-2015:2372-1: An update that fixes 14 vulnerabilities is now available.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 928193,951734,951735,954429,956018,956021,956260,957105,957106,957107,957109,957110
CVE References: CVE-2014-0191,CVE-2014-3660,CVE-2015-1819,CVE-2015-5312,CVE-2015-7497,CVE-2015-7498,CVE-2015-7499,CVE-2015-7500,CVE-2015-7941,CVE-2015-7942,CVE-2015-8035,CVE-2015-8241,CVE-2015-8242,CVE-2015-8317
Sources used:
openSUSE 13.2 (src):    libxml2-2.9.3-7.4.1, python-libxml2-2.9.3-7.4.1
openSUSE 13.1 (src):    libxml2-2.9.3-2.19.1, python-libxml2-2.9.3-2.19.1

Comment 9 Swamp Workflow Management 2016-01-05 14:25:54 UTC

An update workflow for this issue was started.
This issue was rated as moderate.
Please submit fixed packages until 2016-01-19.
When done, reassign the bug to security-team@suse.de.
https://swamp.suse.de/webswamp/wf/62411

Comment 10 Swamp Workflow Management 2016-01-05 19:12:12 UTC

SUSE-SU-2016:0030-1: An update that fixes 11 vulnerabilities is now available.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 928193,951734,951735,956018,956021,956260,957105,957106,957107,957109,957110
CVE References: CVE-2015-1819,CVE-2015-5312,CVE-2015-7497,CVE-2015-7498,CVE-2015-7499,CVE-2015-7500,CVE-2015-7941,CVE-2015-7942,CVE-2015-8241,CVE-2015-8242,CVE-2015-8317
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (src):    libxml2-2.7.6-0.34.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP3 (src):    libxml2-2.7.6-0.34.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMWare 11-SP3 (src):    libxml2-2.7.6-0.34.1, libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.34.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (src):    libxml2-2.7.6-0.34.1, libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.34.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3 (src):    libxml2-2.7.6-0.34.1, libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.34.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4 (src):    libxml2-2.7.6-0.34.1, libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.34.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3 (src):    libxml2-2.7.6-0.34.1, libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.34.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (src):    libxml2-2.7.6-0.34.1, libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.34.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 (src):    libxml2-2.7.6-0.34.1, libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.34.4

Comment 11 Swamp Workflow Management 2016-01-07 16:13:39 UTC

SUSE-SU-2016:0049-1: An update that fixes 12 vulnerabilities is now available.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 928193,951734,951735,954429,956018,956021,956260,957105,957106,957107,957109,957110
CVE References: CVE-2015-1819,CVE-2015-5312,CVE-2015-7497,CVE-2015-7498,CVE-2015-7499,CVE-2015-7500,CVE-2015-7941,CVE-2015-7942,CVE-2015-8035,CVE-2015-8241,CVE-2015-8242,CVE-2015-8317
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1 (src):    libxml2-2.9.1-13.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 (src):    libxml2-2.9.1-13.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (src):    libxml2-2.9.1-13.1, python-libxml2-2.9.1-13.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (src):    libxml2-2.9.1-13.1, python-libxml2-2.9.1-13.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (src):    libxml2-2.9.1-13.1, python-libxml2-2.9.1-13.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (src):    libxml2-2.9.1-13.1, python-libxml2-2.9.1-13.1

Comment 12 SMASH SMASH 2016-01-08 15:01:57 UTC

An update workflow for this issue was started.

This issue was rated as "moderate".
Please submit fixed packages until "Jan. 22, 2016".

When done, reassign the bug to "security-team@suse.de".
/update/121235/.

Comment 13 SMASH SMASH 2016-01-08 15:06:42 UTC

An update workflow for this issue was started.

This issue was rated as "moderate".
Please submit fixed packages until "Jan. 22, 2016".

When done, reassign the bug to "security-team@suse.de".
/update/62418/.

Comment 14 Swamp Workflow Management 2016-01-08 15:06:56 UTC

An update workflow for this issue was started.
This issue was rated as moderate.
Please submit fixed packages until 2016-01-22.
When done, reassign the bug to security-team@suse.de.
https://swamp.suse.de/webswamp/wf/62418

Comment 15 Swamp Workflow Management 2016-01-13 17:13:09 UTC

openSUSE-SU-2016:0106-1: An update that fixes 12 vulnerabilities is now available.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 928193,951734,951735,954429,956018,956021,956260,957105,957106,957107,957109,957110
CVE References: CVE-2015-1819,CVE-2015-5312,CVE-2015-7497,CVE-2015-7498,CVE-2015-7499,CVE-2015-7500,CVE-2015-7941,CVE-2015-7942,CVE-2015-8035,CVE-2015-8241,CVE-2015-8242,CVE-2015-8317
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 42.1 (src):    libxml2-2.9.1-10.1, python-libxml2-2.9.1-10.1

Comment 16 Andreas Stieger 2016-01-22 09:17:21 UTC

All done