A flaw was found in libxml2. Parsing a XML document with the XML_PARSE_HUGE option enabled can result in an integer overflow because safety checks were missing in some functions. Also, the xmlParseEntityValue function didn't have any length limitation.
Upstream patch: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/c846986356fc149915a74972bf198ab
Created libxml2 tracking bugs for this issue: Affects: fedora-all [bug 2136274] Created mingw-libxml2 tracking bugs for this issue: Affects: fedora-all [bug 2136276] Created qt5-qtwebengine tracking bugs for this issue: Affects: epel-all [bug 2136275] Affects: fedora-all [bug 2136277]
Created perl-Alien-Libxml2 tracking bugs for this issue: Affects: fedora-all [bug 2136300]
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat JBoss Core Services Via RHSA-2022:8841 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8841
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Via RHSA-2023:0173 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0173
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Via RHSA-2023:0338 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0338
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s): https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-40303
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Via RHSA-2024:0413 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0413