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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2015-8710: Security patch for libxml2 (ALAS-2019-1220)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2015-8710: Security patch for libxml2 (ALAS-2019-1220)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/11/2016
Created
05/08/2020
Added
04/27/2020
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

The htmlParseComment function in HTMLparser.c in libxml2 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap memory access and application crash), or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unclosed HTML comment.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libxml2
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libxml2-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libxml2-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libxml2-python
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libxml2-static

References

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