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IBM AIX: libxml2_advisory5 (CVE-2023-29469): Vulnerability in libxml2 affects AIX

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IBM AIX: libxml2_advisory5 (CVE-2023-29469): Vulnerability in libxml2 affects AIX

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/24/2023
Created
07/27/2023
Added
07/27/2023
Modified
05/10/2024

Description

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).

Solution(s)

  • ibm-aix-libxml2_advisory5

References

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