The xmlreader in libxml allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted XML data, related to an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1819
• https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=213f1fe0d76d30eaed6e5853057defc43e6df2c9
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-08
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
• https://support.apple.com/HT206166
• https://support.apple.com/HT206167
• https://support.apple.com/HT206168
• https://support.apple.com/HT206169
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172710.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172943.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1419.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2812-1
• http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
• sparklemotion/nokogiri#1374
• https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/nokogiri/CVE-2015-1819.yml