Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libxml2 package, versions <2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-LIBXML2-429430
  • published18 May 2017
  • disclosed18 May 2017

Introduced: 18 May 2017

CVE-2017-9049  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How 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 xmlDictComputeFastKey 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 libxml2 Bug 759398.