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Oracle Linux: CVE-2023-29469: ELSA-2023-4349: libxml2 security update (MODERATE) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
2023-04-11
Added
2023-08-03
Modified
2024-12-05

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).
A flaw was found in libxml2. This issue occurs when hashing empty strings which aren't null-terminated, xmlDictComputeFastKey could produce inconsistent results, which may lead to various logic or memory errors, including double free errors.

Solution(s)

oracle-linux-upgrade-libxml2oracle-linux-upgrade-libxml2-develoracle-linux-upgrade-python3-libxml2
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