Resource management error in Libxml2 - CVE-2013-1969
Published: April 26, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42870
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1969
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Gnome Development Team
Affected software:
Libxml2
Libxml2
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in libxml2 2.9.0 and possibly other versions might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the (1) htmlParseChunk and (2) xmldecl_done functions, as demonstrated by a buffer overflow in the xmlBufGetInputBase function.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-1969
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00109.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00081.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53061
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/17/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/19/1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1817-1
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=690202
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=de0cc20c29cb3f056062925395e0f68d2250a46f