Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting python3-libxml2-python package, versions <2.9.7-150000.3.51.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.47% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-PYTHON3LIBXML2PYTHON-3104932
  • published5 Nov 2022
  • disclosed4 Nov 2022

Introduced: 4 Nov 2022

CVE-2022-40303  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 python3-libxml2-python to version 2.9.7-150000.3.51.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3-libxml2-python package and not the python3-libxml2-python package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. When parsing a multi-gigabyte XML document with the XML_PARSE_HUGE parser option enabled, several integer counters can overflow. This results in an attempt to access an array at a negative 2GB offset, typically leading to a segmentation fault.

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