libxml2: CVE-2023-39615

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-39615  

Debian Bug report logs - #1051230
libxml2: CVE-2023-39615

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Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>

Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2023 19:03:02 UTC

Severity: important

Tags: security, upstream

Found in version libxml2/2.9.14+dfsg-1.3

Forwarded to https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/535

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Bug#1051230; Package src:libxml2. (Mon, 04 Sep 2023 19:03:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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From: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: libxml2: CVE-2023-39615
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2023 20:59:14 +0200
Source: libxml2
Version: 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/535
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil@debian.org, Debian Security Team <team@security.debian.org>

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for libxml2.

CVE-2023-39615[0]:
| Xmlsoft Libxml2 v2.11.0 was discovered to contain a global buffer
| overflow via the xmlSAX2StartElement() function at /libxml2/SAX2.c.
| This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service
| (DoS) via supplying a crafted XML file.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-39615
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-39615
[1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/535

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore



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