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CVE-2018-14567

Published: 31 July 2018

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
leosilva
precise/esm version has not LZMA support
ccdm94
the same patch used to fix this vulnerability can also
be used to fix CVE-2018-9251 (even though they are
different CVEs).

Priority

Medium

CVSS 3 base score: 6.5

Status

Package Release Status
libxml2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.2)
precise Not vulnerable
(code not present)
trusty
Released (2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13)
upstream
Released (2.9.9)
xenial
Released (2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.6)
Patches:
upstream: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/commit/2240fbf5912054af025fb6e01e26375100275e74