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Red Hat: CVE-2022-40304: dict corruption caused by entity reference cycles (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2022-40304: dict corruption caused by entity reference cycles (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/23/2022
Created
01/18/2023
Added
01/17/2023
Modified
09/03/2024

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)

  • redhat-upgrade-libxml2
  • redhat-upgrade-libxml2-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-libxml2-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-libxml2-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-python3-libxml2
  • redhat-upgrade-python3-libxml2-debuginfo

References

  • CVE-2022-40304
  • RHSA-2023:0173
  • RHSA-2023:0338
  • RHSA-2024:0413

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