Resource Management Errors Affecting libxml2 package, versions <2.7.3.dfsg-2.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.94% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-LIBXML2-1551187
  • published11 Aug 2009
  • disclosed11 Aug 2009

Introduced: 11 Aug 2009

CVE-2009-2416  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 libxml2 to version 2.7.3.dfsg-2.1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in libxml2 2.5.10, 2.6.16, 2.6.26, 2.6.27, and 2.6.32, and libxml 1.8.17, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted (1) Notation or (2) Enumeration attribute types in an XML file, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.

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