Out-of-Bounds Affecting libxml2 package, versions <2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u5
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
34.14% (98th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-LIBXML2-429454
- published 19 Feb 2018
- disclosed 19 Feb 2018
Introduced: 19 Feb 2018
CVE-2017-7376 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.
Buffer overflow in libxml2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging an incorrect limit for port values when handling redirects.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7376
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libxml2/+/51e0cb2e5ec18eaf6fb331bc573ff27b743898f4
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=5dca9eea1bd4263bfa4d037ab2443de1cd730f7e
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-06-01
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3952
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1462216
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98877
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-7376