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Bug 1452553 - (CVE-2017-9050) CVE-2017-9050 libxml2: Heap-based buffer over-read in function xmlDictAddString
CVE-2017-9050 libxml2: Heap-based buffer over-read in function xmlDictAddString
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=moderate,public=20170515,repor...
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Depends On: 1548943 1452550 1452551
Blocks: 1452558
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Reported: 2017-05-19 03:58 EDT by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2018-04-24 08:47 EDT (History)
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-05-19 03:58:30 EDT
libxml2 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in the xmlDictAddString function in dict.c. This vulnerability causes programs that use libxml2 to crash. This vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-1839.

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http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/258
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-05-19 04:04:50 EDT
Created libxml2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1452550]
Comment 2 Andrej Nemec 2017-05-19 04:05:00 EDT
Created mingw-libxml2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1452551]

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