Bug 1964008 (CVE-2021-28903)

Summary:	CVE-2021-28903 libyang: recursive call to lyxml_parse_mem() lead to crash
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz <gsuckevi>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	mruprich, tkorbar
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	libyang 1.0.226	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A flaw was found in libyang. An uncontrolled recursion in lyxml_parse_elem function allows a remote attacker to crash an application that uses libyang with user-controlled XML data. The highest threat from this vulnerability is the service availability.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2021-10-28 12:28:46 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1964009, 1965254, 1965255
Bug Blocks:	1964021

Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2021-05-24 14:38:57 UTC

A stack overflow in libyang <= v1.0.225 can cause a denial of service through function lyxml_parse_mem(). lyxml_parse_elem() function will be called recursively, which will consume stack space and lead to crash.

Reference:
https://github.com/CESNET/libyang/issues/1453

Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2021-05-24 14:39:14 UTC

Created libyang tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1964009]

Comment 2 Riccardo Schirone 2021-05-27 09:29:16 UTC

Upstream patch:
https://github.com/CESNET/libyang/commit/298b30ea4ebee137226acf9bb38678bd82704582