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Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting libxml2 package, versions <0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.1

medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Integrity High
    Availability High
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NVD
6.5 medium
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SUSE
7.8 high
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Red Hat
7.4 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-LIBXML2-2809139
  • published 6 May 2022
  • disclosed 3 May 2022
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Introduced: 3 May 2022

CVE-2022-29824 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-190 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-787 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 libxml2 to version 0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.1 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 Centos:8. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In libxml2 before 2.9.14, several buffer handling functions in buf.c (xmlBuf*) and tree.c (xmlBuffer*) don't check for integer overflows. This can result in out-of-bounds memory writes. Exploitation requires a victim to open a crafted, multi-gigabyte XML file. Other software using libxml2's buffer functions, for example libxslt through 1.1.35, is affected as well.