SB2020111710 - Arch Linux update for libxml2

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.

1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-20388)

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

CVSSv4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak in xmlSchemaPreRun in xmlschemas.c. A remote attacker can trigger a xmlSchemaValidateStream memory leak and perform denial of service attack.

2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-24977)

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

CVSSv4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal() function in libxml2/entities.c in libxml2. A remote attacker can pas specially crafted XML data to the affected application, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.

3) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7595)

CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CVSSv4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in xmlStringLenDecodeEntities in parser.c. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions in a certain end-of-file situation.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://security.archlinux.org/advisory/ASA-202011-15