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Red Hat: CVE-2017-18258: Moderate: libxml2 security update (RHSA-2020:1190)

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Red Hat: CVE-2017-18258: Moderate: libxml2 security update (RHSA-2020:1190)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/08/2018
Created
04/02/2020
Added
04/01/2020
Modified
03/03/2021

Description

The xz_head function in xzlib.c in libxml2 before 2.9.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted LZMA file, because the decoder functionality does not restrict memory usage to what is required for a legitimate file.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-libxml2
  • redhat-upgrade-libxml2-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-libxml2-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-libxml2-python
  • redhat-upgrade-libxml2-static

References

  • CVE-2017-18258

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