Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libxml2 package, versions <2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u5
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.2% (58th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-LIBXML2-429285
- published 18 May 2017
- disclosed 18 May 2017
Introduced: 18 May 2017
CVE-2017-9050 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8
libxml2
to version 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u5 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:8
relevant fixed versions and status.
libxml2 20904-GITv2.9.4-16-g0741801 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in the xmlDictAddString function in dict.c. This vulnerability causes programs that use libxml2, such as PHP, to crash. This vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-1839.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9050
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3952
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-01
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/15/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98568
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-9050
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E