SB2020021191 - Infinite loop in libxml2 (Alpine package)
Published: February 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020021191
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7595)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in xmlStringLenDecodeEntities in parser.c. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions in a certain end-of-file situation.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=1647bdc21ffc22aacee5ea142d372445d1fd5b03
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=5e57be93778177ca048236091d2814a4ad205903
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=76958c600547909509a0352cfbfd9d329ff49da9
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=f70c7aa335da7bafa60d0834ba1b57b9fd5c732c