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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-14404: Moderate: libxml2 security update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-14404: Moderate: libxml2 security update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/19/2018
Created
04/02/2020
Added
04/01/2020
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the xpath.c:xmlXPathCompOpEval() function of libxml2 through 2.9.8 when parsing an invalid XPath expression in the XPATH_OP_AND or XPATH_OP_OR case. Applications processing untrusted XSL format inputs with the use of the libxml2 library may be vulnerable to a denial of service attack due to a crash of the application.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-libxml2
  • centos-upgrade-libxml2-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-libxml2-debugsource
  • centos-upgrade-libxml2-devel
  • centos-upgrade-libxml2-python
  • centos-upgrade-libxml2-static
  • centos-upgrade-python3-libxml2
  • centos-upgrade-python3-libxml2-debuginfo

References

  • CVE-2018-14404
  • RHSA-2019:1543

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