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F5 Networks: K000139594: libxml2 vulnerability CVE-2022-40304

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F5 Networks: K000139594: libxml2 vulnerability CVE-2022-40304

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/23/2022
Created
05/15/2024
Added
05/15/2024
Modified
05/15/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. Certain invalid XML entity definitions can corrupt a hash table key, potentially leading to subsequent logic errors. In one case, a double-free can be provoked.

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

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