Double Free Affecting python3-libxml2-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-PYTHON3LIBXML2DEBUGINFO-5946478
  • published7 Oct 2023
  • disclosed24 Apr 2023

Introduced: 24 Apr 2023

CVE-2023-29469  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 python3-libxml2-debuginfo to version 0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2023:4529.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.4. When hashing empty dict strings in a crafted XML document, xmlDictComputeFastKey in dict.c can produce non-deterministic values, leading to various logic and memory errors, such as a double free. This behavior occurs because there is an attempt to use the first byte of an empty string, and any value is possible (not solely the '\0' value).

CVSS Scores

version 3.1