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F5 Networks: CVE-2023-29469: K000139592: libxml2 vulnerability CVE-2023-29469

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F5 Networks: CVE-2023-29469: K000139592: libxml2 vulnerability CVE-2023-29469

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/24/2023
Created
05/15/2024
Added
05/15/2024
Modified
07/30/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.4. When hashing empty dict strings in a crafted XML document, xmlDictComputeFastKey in dict.c can produce non-deterministic values, leading to various logic and memory errors, such as a double free. This behavior occurs because there is an attempt to use the first byte of an empty string, and any value is possible (not solely the '\0' value).

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

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