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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1524-1] libxml2 security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
5 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
CVE-2018-14404 Fix of a NULL pointer dereference which might result in a crash and thus in a denial of service. CVE-2018-14567 and CVE-2018-9251 Approval in LZMA error handling which prevents an infinite loop. CVE-2017-18258 Limit available memory to 100MB to avoid exhaustive memory consumption by malicious files.
Affected Software
Affected Software
libxml2 on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u7. We recommend that you upgrade your libxml2 packages.