Buffer Over-read Affecting python3-libxml2 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-PYTHON3LIBXML2-6850224
  • published15 May 2024
  • disclosed8 May 2024

Introduced: 8 May 2024

CVE-2024-34459  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-126  (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.

An issue was discovered in xmllint (from libxml2) before 2.11.8 and 2.12.x before 2.12.7. Formatting error messages with xmllint --htmlout can result in a buffer over-read in xmlHTMLPrintFileContext in xmllint.c.

CVSS Scores

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