Bug 1449541 (CVE-2017-8872)

Summary:	CVE-2017-8872 libxml2: Out-of-bounds read in htmlParseTryOrFinish
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	athmanem, bmcclain, c.david86, cfergeau, csutherl, dblechte, eedri, erik-fedora, fedora-mingw, gzaronik, jclere, ktietz, lgao, lsurette, mbabacek, mgoldboi, michal.skrivanek, myarboro, ohudlick, rh-spice-bugs, rjones, srevivo, twalsh, veillard, weli, ykaul
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Bug Depends On:	1449543, 1449544, 1449545
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-05-10 08:56:49 UTC

The htmlParseTryOrFinish function in HTMLparser.c in libxml2 2.9.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or information disclosure.

Upstream bug:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775200

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-05-10 08:58:06 UTC

Created libxml2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1449544]


Created mingw-libxml2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 1449543]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1449545]