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LIN8-9025 : Security Advisory - libxml2 - CVE-2018-9251

Created: Apr 16, 2018    Updated: Jan 15, 2019
Resolved Date: Aug 5, 2018
Found In Version: 8.0.0.25
Fix Version: 8.0.0.27
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 8
Component/s: Userspace

Description

The 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.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9251

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