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IBM AIX: libxml2_advisory5 (CVE-2023-28484): Vulnerability in libxml2 affects AIX

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IBM AIX: libxml2_advisory5 (CVE-2023-28484): Vulnerability in libxml2 affects AIX

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/24/2023
Created
07/27/2023
Added
07/27/2023
Modified
07/27/2023

Description

In libxml2 before 2.10.4, parsing of certain invalid XSD schemas can lead to a NULL pointer dereference and subsequently a segfault. This occurs in xmlSchemaFixupComplexType in xmlschemas.c.

Solution(s)

  • ibm-aix-libxml2_advisory5

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