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Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting libxml2 package, versions <2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u7

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.72% (81st percentile)
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NVD
6.5 medium
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SUSE
5.3 medium
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Red Hat
4.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-LIBXML2-429391
  • published 16 Aug 2018
  • disclosed 16 Aug 2018
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Introduced: 16 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-14567 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-835 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 libxml2 to version 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2 package and not the libxml2 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 and CVE-2018-9251.