CVE-2018-9251

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-9251
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-04-04 02:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionThe xz_decomp function in xzlib.c in libxml2 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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
Bug 794914 – DoS in libxml2 if liblzma-dev is installed (Different from Bug 757466) MISC bugzilla.gnome.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, 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

  • 500349 Alpine Linux Security Update for libxml2
  • 504112 Alpine Linux Security Update for libxml2
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