CVE-2017-9050

NameCVE-2017-9050
Descriptionlibxml2 20904-GITv2.9.4-16-g0741801 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in the xmlDictAddString function in dict.c. This vulnerability causes programs that use libxml2, such as PHP, to crash. This vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-1839.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1008-1, DSA-3952-1
Debian Bugs863018

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libxml2 (PTS)buster2.9.4+dfsg1-7+deb10u4fixed
buster (security)2.9.4+dfsg1-7+deb10u6fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u4fixed
bookworm2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie2.9.14+dfsg-1.3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libxml2sourcewheezy2.8.0+dfsg1-7+wheezy8DLA-1008-1
libxml2sourcejessie2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u5DSA-3952-1
libxml2sourcestretch2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2+deb9u1DSA-3952-1
libxml2source(unstable)2.9.4+dfsg1-3.1863018

Notes

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781361 (not public)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/15/1
Fixed by: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/e26630548e7d138d2c560844c43820b6767251e3

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