Fluid Attacks Database

Description

libxml2 20904-GITv2.9.4-16-g0741801 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in the xmlDictComputeFastKey function in dict.c. This vulnerability causes programs that use libxml2, such as PHP, to crash. This vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for libxml2 Bug 759398.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version	Patched versions
nuget	libxml2	=2.9.4	-
debian 12	libxml2	>=0 <2.9.4+dfsg1-3.1	2.9.4+dfsg1-3.1
debian 14	libxml2	>=0 <2.9.4+dfsg1-3.1	2.9.4+dfsg1-3.1
debian 11	libxml2	>=0 <2.9.4+dfsg1-3.1	2.9.4+dfsg1-3.1
debian 13	libxml2	>=0 <2.9.4+dfsg1-3.1	2.9.4+dfsg1-3.1
rpm rhel5	libxml2	-	-
rpm rhel7	libxml2	-	-
rpm rhel6	libxml2	-	-

Aliases

1. CVE-2017-90492. NVD-2017-90493. OSV-2017-90494. OSV-DEBIAN-2017-90495. GCVE-2017-90496. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2017-9049

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