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  "published": "2015-11-18T16:59:04.333",
  "lastModified": "2017-09-14T01:29:03.757",
  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
  "evaluatorComment": "\"context dependent\" seems to point to MiTM attack due to: If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially\ncrafted document, an attacker could possibly cause libxml2 to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.04.",
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      "value": "libxml2 2.9.2 does not properly stop parsing invalid input, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and libxml2 crash) via crafted XML data to the (1) xmlParseEntityDecl or (2) xmlParseConditionalSections function in parser.c, as demonstrated by non-terminated entities."
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      "lang": "es",
      "value": "libxml2 2.9.2 no detiene adecuadamente el an\u00e1lisis de entrada no v\u00e1lido, lo que permite a atacantes dependientes del contexto causar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (lectura fuera de rango y ca\u00edda de libxml2) a trav\u00e9s de datos XML manipulados en la funci\u00f3n (1) xmlParseEntityDecl o (2) xmlParseConditionalSections en parser.c, seg\u00fan lo demostrado por entidades non-terminated."
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