Use After Free Affecting python3-libxml2 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (37th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications

Snyk Learn

Learn about Use After Free vulnerabilities in an interactive lesson.

Start learning
  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-PYTHON3LIBXML2-5953272
  • published10 Oct 2023
  • disclosed23 Aug 2023

Introduced: 23 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-45322  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 python3-libxml2.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3-libxml2 package and not the python3-libxml2 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

libxml2 through 2.11.5 has a use-after-free that can only occur after a certain memory allocation fails. This occurs in xmlUnlinkNode in tree.c. NOTE: the vendor's position is "I don't think these issues are critical enough to warrant a CVE ID ... because an attacker typically can't control when memory allocations fail."

CVSS Scores

version 3.1