CVE-2004-0989 Affecting libxml2 package, versions <2.6.11-5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
13.4% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-LIBXML2-1551189
  • published1 Mar 2005
  • disclosed1 Mar 2005

Introduced: 1 Mar 2005

CVE-2004-0989  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 libxml2 to version 2.6.11-5 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 buffer overflows in libXML 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 (libxml2), and possibly other versions, may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long FTP URL that is not properly handled by the xmlNanoFTPScanURL function, (2) a long proxy URL containing FTP data that is not properly handled by the xmlNanoFTPScanProxy function, and other overflows related to manipulation of DNS length values, including (3) xmlNanoFTPConnect, (4) xmlNanoHTTPConnectHost, and (5) xmlNanoHTTPConnectHost.

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