Vigil@nce - libxml2: memory leak via xmlParseBalancedChunkMemoryRecover
January 2020 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
– Impacted products: Debian, libxml.
– Severity: 1/4.
– Consequences: denial of service on service, denial of service on
client.
– Provenance: document.
– Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
– Creation date: 30/12/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can create a memory leak via xmlParseBalancedChunkMemoryRecover()
of libxml2, in order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/libxml2-memory-leak-via-xmlParseBalancedChunkMemoryRecover-31236