Resource Exhaustion Affecting libxml2-static package, versions <0:2.9.1-6.el7.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.3% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-LIBXML2STATIC-7979859
  • published14 Sept 2024
  • disclosed3 Apr 2018

Introduced: 3 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-14567  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 libxml2-static to version 0:2.9.1-6.el7.4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

libxml2 2.9.8, if --with-lzma is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted XML file that triggers LZMA_MEMLIMIT_ERROR, as demonstrated by xmllint, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8035 and CVE-2018-9251.