CVE-2017-18258

Description

The xz_head function in xzlib.c in libxml2 before 2.9.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted LZMA file, because the decoder functionality does not restrict memory usage to what is required for a legitimate file.

Risk Information

Base Score
6.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.606

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2017-15412,CVE-2017-18258 are fixed in Ruby-nokogiri 1.8.2Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in IBM Aspera Shares 1.10.1Windows
SUSE-SU-2018:3081-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 ) libxml2-2-2.9.4-46.15.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2018:3081-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 ) libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.4-46.15.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2018:3081-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 ) libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.15.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2018:3081-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 ) libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.4-46.15.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2018:3081-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 ) libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-46.15.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2018:3081-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 ) libxml2-doc-2.9.4-46.15.1.noarch.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2018:3081-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 ) libxml2-tools-2.9.4-46.15.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2018:3081-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 ) libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.15.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2018:3081-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 ) python-libxml2-2.9.4-46.15.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2018:3081-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 ) python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.15.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2018:3081-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 ) python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-46.15.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2020:1190) libxml2 security update libxml2-2.9.1-6.el7.4.i686.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2020:1190) libxml2 security update libxml2-2.9.1-6.el7.4.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2020:1190) libxml2 security update libxml2-devel-2.9.1-6.el7.4.i686.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2020:1190) libxml2 security update libxml2-devel-2.9.1-6.el7.4.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2020:1190) libxml2 security update libxml2-python-2.9.1-6.el7.4.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2020:1190) libxml2 security update libxml2-static-2.9.1-6.el7.4.i686.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2020:1190) libxml2 security update libxml2-static-2.9.1-6.el7.4.x86_64.rpmLinux
(CESA-2020:1190) libxml2 security update libxml2-2.9.1-6.el7.4.x86_64.rpmLinux
Vulnerabilities CVE-2017-15412,CVE-2017-18258 are fixed in Ruby-nokogiri for Linux 1.8.2Linux
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Vulnerability (CVE-2017-18258)NCM

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234