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NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libxml2 package, versions <2.9.4-r4

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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    0.38% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE39-LIBXML2-339262
  • published 11 Apr 2017
  • disclosed 11 Apr 2017
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Introduced: 11 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-5969 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-476 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.9 libxml2 to version 2.9.4-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:3.9 relevant fixed versions and status.

libxml2 2.9.4, when used in recover mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted XML document. NOTE: The maintainer states "I would disagree of a CVE with the Recover parsing option which should only be used for manual recovery at least for XML parser.