Use After Free Affecting libxml2-static package, versions <0:2.9.1-6.0.1.el7.4


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.94% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-LIBXML2STATIC-2553143
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed28 Aug 2018

Introduced: 28 Aug 2018

CVE-2017-15412  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 libxml2-static to version 0:2.9.1-6.0.1.el7.4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-1190.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2-static package and not the libxml2-static package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use after free in libxml2 before 2.9.5, as used in Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 and other products, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.