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Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting libxml2-python package, versions <0:2.9.1-6.el7.5

medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.43% (75th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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SUSE
5.3 medium
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Red Hat
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-LIBXML2PYTHON-2169493
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 8 Jan 2020
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Introduced: 8 Jan 2020

CVE-2019-19956 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-772 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 libxml2-python to version 0:2.9.1-6.el7.5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2-python package and not the libxml2-python package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

xmlParseBalancedChunkMemoryRecover in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.10 has a memory leak related to newDoc->oldNs.

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