Memory Leak Affecting libxml2-python27 package, versions <0:2.9.1-6.4.41.amzn1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.87% (83rd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN201803-LIBXML2PYTHON27-1723887
- published 27 Sep 2021
- disclosed 21 Jan 2020
Introduced: 21 Jan 2020
CVE-2019-20388 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03
libxml2-python27
to version 0:2.9.1-6.4.41.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2020-1438
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2-python27
package and not the libxml2-python27
package as distributed by Amazon-Linux
.
See How to fix?
for Amazon-Linux:2018.03
relevant fixed versions and status.
xmlSchemaPreRun in xmlschemas.c in libxml2 2.9.10 allows an xmlSchemaValidateStream memory leak.
References
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200702-0005/
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-20388
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/545SPOI3ZPPNPX4TFRIVE4JVRTJRKULL/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5R55ZR52RMBX24TQTWHCIWKJVRV6YAWI/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JDPF3AAVKUAKDYFMFKSIQSVVS3EEFPQH/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-04
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/merge_requests/68
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00047.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/545SPOI3ZPPNPX4TFRIVE4JVRTJRKULL/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5R55ZR52RMBX24TQTWHCIWKJVRV6YAWI/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JDPF3AAVKUAKDYFMFKSIQSVVS3EEFPQH/