| Name | CVE-2024-34459 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in xmllint (from libxml2) before 2.11.8 and 2.12.x before 2.12.7. Formatting error messages with xmllint --htmlout can result in a buffer over-read in xmlHTMLPrintFileContext in xmllint.c. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1071162 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libxml2 (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u4 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3 | vulnerable |
| sid | 2.12.7+dfsg-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libxml2 | source | (unstable) | 2.12.7+dfsg-1 | unimportant | | 1071162 |
Notes
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/720
Fixed by: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/8ddc7f13337c9fe7c6b6e616f404b0fffb8a5145 (v2.11.8)
Fixed by: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/2876ac5392a4e891b81e40e592c3ac6cb46016ce (v2.12.7)
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact