vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2018-9251: libxml2 -- security update

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
2018-04-03
Added
2019-02-19
Modified
2020-03-23

Description

The xz_decomp function in xzlib.c in 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.

Solution

debian-upgrade-libxml2
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