CVE-2018-14567

Summary

CVECVE-2018-14567
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-08-16 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-09-10 01:15:00 UTC
Descriptionlibxml2 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 and CVE-2018-9251.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.9.8 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.9.8 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Fix infinite loop in LZMA decompression (2240fbf5) · Commits · GNOME / libxml2 · GitLab CONFIRM gitlab.gnome.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2369-1] libxml2 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
libxml2 CVE-2018-14567 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-3739-1: libxml2 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1524-1] libxml2 security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377223 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for libxml2 (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0077)
  • 500349 Alpine Linux Security Update for libxml2
  • 504112 Alpine Linux Security Update for libxml2
  • 591406 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU GNU/Linux subsystem Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSB-439005, ICSA-22-104-13)
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