vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2018-14567: libxml2 -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 16, 2018
Added
Feb 19, 2019
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

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.

Solution

debian-upgrade-libxml2
Title
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