Bug 1469261 - libxml2: possible infoleak in xsltproc and xmllint while parsing directory names containing spaces
Summary: libxml2: possible infoleak in xsltproc and xmllint while parsing directory na...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
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Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1469272 1469273 1469274
Blocks: 1469263
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-07-10 18:46 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2021-10-21 11:54 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2021-10-21 11:54:37 UTC
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2017-07-10 18:46:27 UTC 
A flaw was found in libxml2. The binaries xsltproc and xmllint contained in the lib seems to incorrectly parse xml metadata paths when the file is inside directories with spaces in its name leading to a possible user information leak.

Upstream bug:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=668245

References:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=516916
Comment 2 Pedro Sampaio 2017-07-10 19:37:15 UTC 
Created libxml2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1469274]


Created mingw-libxml2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 1469273]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1469272]
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