SB2020050109 - Memory leak in libxml2 (Alpine package)
Published: May 1, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020050109
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) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-20388)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak in xmlSchemaPreRun in xmlschemas.c. A remote attacker can trigger a xmlSchemaValidateStream memory leak and perform denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.