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Memory Leak Affecting libxml2 package, versions <0:2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.1

medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.87% (83rd percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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SUSE
3.1 low
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Red Hat
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-LIBXML2-1687794
  • published 27 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 21 Jan 2020
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Introduced: 21 Jan 2020

CVE-2019-20388 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-401 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 libxml2 to version 0:2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1534.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2 package and not the libxml2 package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

xmlSchemaPreRun in xmlschemas.c in libxml2 2.9.10 allows an xmlSchemaValidateStream memory leak.

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