Double Free Affecting python3-libxml2-python package, versions <2.9.7-150000.3.57.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-PYTHON3LIBXML2PYTHON-5488145
  • published27 Apr 2023
  • disclosed26 Apr 2023

Introduced: 26 Apr 2023

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 python3-libxml2-python to version 2.9.7-150000.3.57.1 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 2.10.4. 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