Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201810-3
========================================
Severity: Medium
Date    : 2018-10-01
CVE-ID  : CVE-2018-9251
Package : libxml2
Type    : denial of service
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-672

Summary
======
The package libxml2 before version 2.9.8-5 is vulnerable to denial of
service.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 2.9.8-5.

# pacman -Syu "libxml2>=2.9.8-5"

The problem has been fixed upstream but no release is available yet.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
A security issue has been found in libxml2 <= 2.9.8 compiled with LZMA
support enabled, in the xz_decomp function in xzlib.c. This flaw allows
a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via an infinite loop,
using a crafted XML payload that triggers LZMA_MEMLIMIT_ERROR.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker is able to cause a denial of service by parsing a
specially crafted XML payload.

References
=========
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=794914
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/2240fbf5912054af025fb6e01e26375100275e74
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2018-9251

ArchLinux: 201810-3: libxml2: denial of service

October 1, 2018

Summary

A security issue has been found in libxml2 <= 2.9.8 compiled with LZMA support enabled, in the xz_decomp function in xzlib.c. This flaw allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via an infinite loop, using a crafted XML payload that triggers LZMA_MEMLIMIT_ERROR.

Resolution

Upgrade to 2.9.8-5. # pacman -Syu "libxml2>=2.9.8-5"
The problem has been fixed upstream but no release is available yet.

References

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=794914 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/2240fbf5912054af025fb6e01e26375100275e74 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2018-9251

Severity
Package : libxml2
Type : denial of service
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-672

Workaround

None.

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