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LIN6-14477 : Security Advisory - libxml2 - CVE-2017-18258

Created: Apr 16, 2018    Updated: Dec 16, 2018
Resolved Date: Nov 18, 2018
Found In Version: 6.0.0.36
Fix Version: 6.0.0.38
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 6
Component/s: Userspace

Description

The xz_head function in xzlib.c in libxml2 before 2.9.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted LZMA file, because the decoder functionality does not restrict memory usage to what is required for a legitimate file.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18258

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