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CVE-2018-9251

Description

The xz_decomp function in xzlib.c in libxml2 2.9.8, if --with-lzma is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted XML file that triggers LZMA_MEMLIMIT_ERROR, as demonstrated by xmllint, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8035.

Risk Information

Base Score
5.3
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
1.046

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
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-2020:1827) libxml2 security update libxml2-2.9.7-7.el8.i686.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2020:1827) libxml2 security update libxml2-2.9.7-7.el8.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2020:1827) libxml2 security update libxml2-debugsource-2.9.7-7.el8.i686.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2020:1827) libxml2 security update libxml2-debugsource-2.9.7-7.el8.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2020:1827) libxml2 security update libxml2-devel-2.9.7-7.el8.i686.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2020:1827) libxml2 security update libxml2-devel-2.9.7-7.el8.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2020:1827) libxml2 security update python3-libxml2-2.9.7-7.el8.x86_64.rpmLinux
(CESA-2020:1827) libxml2 security update libxml2-2.9.7-7.el8.i686.rpmLinux
(CESA-2020:1827) libxml2 security update libxml2-2.9.7-7.el8.x86_64.rpmLinux
(CESA-2020:1827) libxml2 security update libxml2-devel-2.9.7-7.el8.i686.rpmLinux
(CESA-2020:1827) libxml2 security update libxml2-devel-2.9.7-7.el8.x86_64.rpmLinux
(CESA-2020:1827) libxml2 security update python3-libxml2-2.9.7-7.el8.x86_64.rpmLinux

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