Resource Exhaustion Affecting mingw64-libxml2 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.35% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-MINGW64LIBXML2-1936947
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed7 Sept 2017

Introduced: 7 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-18258  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:8 mingw64-libxml2.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mingw64-libxml2 package and not the mingw64-libxml2 package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The xz_head function in xzlib.c in libxml2 before 2.9.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted LZMA file, because the decoder functionality does not restrict memory usage to what is required for a legitimate file.