Memory Leak Affecting libxml2 package, versions <2.9.10-r4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.87% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE316-LIBXML2-2842946
  • published21 Jul 2020
  • disclosed21 Jan 2020

Introduced: 21 Jan 2020

CVE-2019-20388  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.16 libxml2 to version 2.9.10-r4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2 package and not the libxml2 package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.16 relevant fixed versions and status.

xmlSchemaPreRun in xmlschemas.c in libxml2 2.9.10 allows an xmlSchemaValidateStream memory leak.

CVSS Scores

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