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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-5969: libxml2 null pointer dereference when parsing a xml file using recover mode

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-5969: libxml2 null pointer dereference when parsing a xml file using recover mode

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/11/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/30/2017
Modified
12/04/2019

Description

** DISPUTED ** libxml2 2.9.4, when used in recover mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted XML document. NOTE: The maintainer states "I would disagree of a CVE with the Recover parsing option which should only be used for manual recovery at least for XML parser."

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-libxml2

References

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