Resource Management Errors Affecting libxml2 package, versions <2.6.32.dfsg-5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.81% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-LIBXML2-429705
  • published25 Nov 2008
  • disclosed25 Nov 2008

Introduced: 25 Nov 2008

CVE-2008-4226  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 libxml2 to version 2.6.32.dfsg-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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Integer overflow in the xmlSAX2Characters function in libxml2 2.7.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large XML document.

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