NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting python3-lxml-debuginfo package, versions <0:4.7.1-3.amzn2022


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.45% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2022-PYTHON3LXMLDEBUGINFO-3247083
  • published25 Jan 2023
  • disclosed5 Jul 2022

Introduced: 5 Jul 2022

CVE-2022-2309  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2022 python3-lxml-debuginfo to version 0:4.7.1-3.amzn2022 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2022-2023-264.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3-lxml-debuginfo package and not the python3-lxml-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2022 relevant fixed versions and status.

NULL Pointer Dereference allows attackers to cause a denial of service (or application crash). This only applies when lxml is used together with libxml2 2.9.10 through 2.9.14. libxml2 2.9.9 and earlier are not affected. It allows triggering crashes through forged input data, given a vulnerable code sequence in the application. The vulnerability is caused by the iterwalk function (also used by the canonicalize function). Such code shouldn't be in wide-spread use, given that parsing + iterwalk would usually be replaced with the more efficient iterparse function. However, an XML converter that serialises to C14N would also be vulnerable, for example, and there are legitimate use cases for this code sequence. If untrusted input is received (also remotely) and processed via iterwalk function, a crash can be triggered.

CVSS Base Scores

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