CVE-2018-14567

Name	CVE-2018-14567
Description	libxml2 2.9.8, if --with-lzma is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted XML file that triggers LZMA_MEMLIMIT_ERROR, as demonstrated by xmllint, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8035 and CVE-2018-9251.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-1524-1
NVD severity	medium (attack range: remote)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
libxml2 (PTS)	jessie	2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u6	vulnerable
	jessie (security)	2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u7	fixed
	stretch (security), stretch	2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2+deb9u2	vulnerable
	buster, sid	2.9.4+dfsg1-7	vulnerable

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
libxml2	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	medium
libxml2	source	jessie	2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u7	medium	DLA-1524-1

Notes

[stretch] - libxml2 <postponed> (Minor issue)
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/issues/13 (not public yet)
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/commit/2240fbf5912054af025fb6e01e26375100275e74