medium6.5
CVE-2023-29469
An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.4.
Impact
An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.4. When hashing empty dict strings in a crafted XML document, xmlDictComputeFastKey in dict.c can produce non-deterministic values, leading to various logic and memory errors, such as a double free. This behavior occurs because there is an attempt to use the first byte of an empty string, and any value is possible (not solely the '\0' value).
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Xmlsoft | Libxml2 | before 2.10.4 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 10.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/510
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.10.4
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00031.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230601-0006/
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-341067.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-556635.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-625862.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-769027.html