CVE 2015-1283
Multiple integer overflows in the XML_GetBuffer function in Expat through 2.1.0, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89 and other products, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted XML data, a related issue to CVE-2015-2716.
Related bugs and status
CVE-2015-1283 (Candidate) is related to these bugs:
Bug #1477662: 21-july-2015 security fixes not available
| Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1477662 | 21-july-2015 security fixes not available | chromium-browser (Ubuntu) | High | Fix Released | ||
Bug #1483033: Please sync expat 2.1.0-7 (main) from Debian unstable (main)
| Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1483033 | Please sync expat 2.1.0-7 (main) from Debian unstable (main) | expat (Ubuntu) | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
Bug #1571198: Missing symlink in python2.7-dbg package
| Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1571198 | Missing symlink in python2.7-dbg package | python2.7 (Ubuntu) | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
| 1571198 | Missing symlink in python2.7-dbg package | python2.7 (Ubuntu Xenial) | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
Bug #1578927: idle crashes on configure through menu
| Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1578927 | idle crashes on configure through menu | python2.7 (Ubuntu) | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
| 1578927 | idle crashes on configure through menu | Python | Unknown | Fix Released | ||
| 1578927 | idle crashes on configure through menu | python2.7 (Ubuntu Xenial) | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
Bug #1591895: SRU: backport python 2.7.12 to 16.04 LTS
| Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1591895 | SRU: backport python 2.7.12 to 16.04 LTS | python2.7 (Ubuntu) | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
| 1591895 | SRU: backport python 2.7.12 to 16.04 LTS | python2.7 (Ubuntu Xenial) | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
| 1591895 | SRU: backport python 2.7.12 to 16.04 LTS | python-stdlib-extensions (Ubuntu) | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
| 1591895 | SRU: backport python 2.7.12 to 16.04 LTS | python-stdlib-extensions (Ubuntu Xenial) | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
| 1591895 | SRU: backport python 2.7.12 to 16.04 LTS | python-defaults (Ubuntu) | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
| 1591895 | SRU: backport python 2.7.12 to 16.04 LTS | python-defaults (Ubuntu Xenial) | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
| 1591895 | SRU: backport python 2.7.12 to 16.04 LTS | python-defaults (Ubuntu Zesty) | Undecided | New | ||
Bug #1600717: Sync expat 2.2.0-1 (main) from Debian unstable (main)
| Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600717 | Sync expat 2.2.0-1 (main) from Debian unstable (main) | expat (Ubuntu) | Wishlist | Fix Released | ||
See the 
CVE page on Mitre.org
for more details.
