Resource management error in Libxml2 - CVE-2023-29469

Vulnerability identifier: #VU74862

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29469

CWE-ID: CWE-399

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources when working with hashes of empty dict strings. A remote attacker can and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Libxml2
HPE B-series SN6750B Fibre Channel Switch
HPE SN8600B 8-slot SAN Director Switch
HPE SN8600B 4-slot SAN Director Switch
HPE SN8700B 8-slot SAN Director Switch
HPE SN8700B 4-slot SAN Director Switch
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libxml2-utils (Ubuntu package)
libxml2 (Ubuntu package)
libxml2
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libxml2-debugsource
libxml2-devel
python-libxml2
libxml2-2-debuginfo
libxml2-tools-debuginfo
libxml2-tools
python-libxml2-debugsource
libxml2-2-32bit
libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit
python-libxml2-debuginfo
libxml2-doc
libxml2 (Red Hat package)
python3-libxml2
python2-libxml2-python-debuginfo
libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo
python2-libxml2-python
python3-libxml2-python-debuginfo
python-libxml2-python-debugsource
python3-libxml2-python
libxml2 (Debian package)
libxml2-help
libxml2-debuginfo
python2-libxml2
libxml2-devel-32bit
libxml2-python-debugsource
python3-libxml2-debuginfo
dev-libs/libxml2
TeleControl Server Basic
RecoverPoint for VMs
RSA Authentication Manager
Operational Decision Manager
IBM CICS TX Advanced
Dell EMC NetWorker vProxy

Install updates from vendor's website.

Libxml2 - update to 2.10.4
Node Health Check Operator - update to 0.4.1
Self Node Remediation Operator - addressed in versions 0.5.1, 0.7.1
Run Once Duration Override Operator for Red Hat OpenShift - update to 1.0.1
Red Hat OpenShift Serverless - update to 1.30.1
Data Lakehouse - update to 1.1.0.0
OpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP) - update to 1.1.6
Red Hat OpenShift Kernel Module Management - update to 1.1.2
Secondary Scheduler Operator for Red Hat OpenShift (OSSO) - addressed in versions 1.1.3, 1.2.0
Nokogiri - update to 1.14.3
Service Telemetry Framework - update to 1.5.4
Migration Toolkit for Containers - addressed in versions 1.7.13, 1.8.0
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps - addressed in versions 1.10.0, 1.11
OpenShift Pipelines - addressed in versions 1.10.6, 1.11.2
Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes - addressed in versions 2.1.8, 2.2.7
OpenShift Service Mesh - addressed in versions 2.2.10, 2.4.3
Migration Toolkit for Virtualization - update to 2.4.3
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes - addressed in versions 2.6.7, 2.7.7, 2.8.1
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data - update to 4.8.0
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes - update to 4.0.5
OpenShift Virtualization - update to 4.13.3
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - update to 4.13.8
Node Maintenance Operator - update to 5.0.1
Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications - update to 6.2.1
AMQ Broker - update to 7.11.1
Tenable Nessus - update to 10.5.2
macOS - update to 13.4 22F66
iPadOS - update to 16.5 20F66
Apple iOS - update to 16.5 20F66
Red Hat OpenStack - update to 17.1.1
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation - addressed in versions 21.0.3.26, 23.0.1.4
libxml2-utils (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9, 2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.6, 2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3, 2.9.14+dfsg-1.1ubuntu0.1, 2.9.14+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2
libxml2 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9, 2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.6, 2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3, 2.9.14+dfsg-1.1ubuntu0.1, 2.9.14+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2
DevWorkspace Operator - update to 0.22
cflinuxfs3 - update to 0.362.0
ObjectScale - update to 1.4.0
Network Observability plugin for the Openshift Console - update to 1.4.0
Netcool Operations Insight - update to 1.6.12
IBM MQ Operator - addressed in versions 2.0.13, 2.4.2
libxml2 - addressed in versions 2.9.1-6.6.42, 2.10.4-1
libxml2-2 - addressed in versions 2.9.4-46.62.1, 2.9.4-46.65.1, 2.9.7-150000.3.57.1, 2.9.14-150400.5.16.1
libxml2-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.9.4-46.62.1, 2.9.4-46.65.1, 2.9.7-150000.3.57.1, 2.9.14-150400.5.16.1
libxml2-devel - addressed in versions 2.9.4-46.62.1, 2.9.4-46.65.1, 2.9.7-150000.3.57.1, 2.9.14-150400.5.16.1
python-libxml2 - addressed in versions 2.9.4-46.62.1, 2.9.4-46.65.1
libxml2-2-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.9.4-46.62.1, 2.9.4-46.65.1, 2.9.7-150000.3.57.1, 2.9.14-150400.5.16.1
libxml2-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.9.4-46.62.1, 2.9.4-46.65.1, 2.9.7-150000.3.57.1, 2.9.14-150400.5.16.1
libxml2-tools - addressed in versions 2.9.4-46.62.1, 2.9.4-46.65.1, 2.9.7-150000.3.57.1, 2.9.14-150400.5.16.1
python-libxml2-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.9.4-46.62.1, 2.9.4-46.65.1
libxml2-2-32bit - addressed in versions 2.9.4-46.62.1, 2.9.4-46.65.1, 2.9.7-150000.3.57.1, 2.9.14-150400.5.16.1
libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit - addressed in versions 2.9.4-46.62.1, 2.9.4-46.65.1
python-libxml2-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.9.4-46.62.1, 2.9.4-46.65.1
libxml2-doc - addressed in versions 2.9.4-46.62.1, 2.9.4-46.65.1, 2.9.14-150400.5.16.1
libxml2 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.9.7-13.el8_6.4, 2.9.7-16.el8_8.1, 2.9.13-3.el9_2.1
python3-libxml2 - update to 2.9.7-17.0.2
libxml2-devel - update to 2.9.7-17.0.2
libxml2 - update to 2.9.7-17.0.2
python2-libxml2-python-debuginfo - update to 2.9.7-150000.3.57.1
libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.9.7-150000.3.57.1, 2.9.14-150400.5.16.1
python2-libxml2-python - update to 2.9.7-150000.3.57.1
python3-libxml2-python-debuginfo - update to 2.9.7-150000.3.57.1
python-libxml2-python-debugsource - update to 2.9.7-150000.3.57.1
python3-libxml2-python - update to 2.9.7-150000.3.57.1
libxml2 (Debian package) - update to 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u4
libxml2-help - update to 2.9.10-34
libxml2-devel - update to 2.9.10-34
libxml2-debuginfo - update to 2.9.10-34
python2-libxml2 - update to 2.9.10-34
python3-libxml2 - update to 2.9.10-34
libxml2-debugsource - update to 2.9.10-34
libxml2 - update to 2.9.10-34
libxml2-devel-32bit - update to 2.9.14-150400.5.16.1
python3-libxml2 - update to 2.9.14-150400.5.16.1
libxml2-python-debugsource - update to 2.9.14-150400.5.16.1
python3-libxml2-debuginfo - update to 2.9.14-150400.5.16.1
libxml2 - addressed in versions 2.10.4-1.fc37, 2.10.4-1.fc38
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager - addressed in versions 2.10.57, 3.0.8
libxml2 - update to 2.12.2
dev-libs/libxml2 - update to 2.12.5
TeleControl Server Basic - update to 3.1.2
IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor - update to 3.7.0
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps - update to 4.4.0
Platform Automation Toolkit - addressed in versions 4.4.31, 5.0.24, 5.1.1
RecoverPoint for VMs - update to 6.0.SP1.P1
IBM Safer Payments - addressed in versions 6.3.1.05, 6.4.2.04, 6.5.0.02
Index Engines CyberSense - update to 8.3
RSA Authentication Manager - addressed in versions 8.7 SP1 Patch 3, 8.7 SP2 Patch 1
Operational Decision Manager - addressed in versions 8.10.5.1 Interim fix 49, 8.11.0.1 Interim fix 26, 8.12.0 Interim fix 8
Brocade Fabric OS - addressed in versions 9.1.1d2, 9.2.0b1, 9.2.1
IBM supplied MQ Advanced container images - update to 9.3.0.10-r1
Security Verify Governance - Identity Manager virtual appliance - update to 10.0.2.0.4
IBM CICS TX Advanced - update to 10.1.0.0 ifix18
IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC) - addressed in versions 10.1.1020.0 SP3, 10.2.1040.0 SP2, 10.3.1050.0 SP1
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance - update to 13.2.0.2.24
Dell EMC NetWorker vProxy - addressed in versions 19.8.0.3, 19.9.0.2
NetWorker - update to 19.10.0.3
Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery - update to 19.14.0.1
Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak - addressed in versions 21.0.7.11, 23.0.12

• https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.10.4
• https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/09a2dd453007f9c7205274623acdd73747c22d64

• Multiple vulnerabilities in libxml2
• Nokogiri update for libxml2
• Ubuntu update for libxml2
• Cloud Foundry Foundation cflinuxfs3 update for libxml2
• Debian update for libxml2
• SUSE update for libxml2
• SUSE update for libxml2
• SUSE update for libxml2
• Amazon Linux AMI update for libxml2
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Tenable Nessus
• VMware Tanzu products update for libxml2
• Ubuntu update for libxml2
• Resource management error in IBM CICS TX Advanced
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery
• Resource management error in IBM Safer Payments
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for libxml2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for libxml2
• Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenShift Container Platform 4.13
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell Index Engines CyberSense
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes 2.2
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management 2.7
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell Data Protection Central
• Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenShift Virtualization 4.13
• Fedora 38 update for libxml2
• Fedora 37 update for libxml2
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenStack
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell Cloud Tiering Appliance
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Solaris third-party software
• Multiple vulnerabilities in AMQ Broker 7.11
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM MQ Operator
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management 2.8
• Red Hat DevWorkspace Operator update for openssh
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes 2.1
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management 2.6
• Red Hat OpenShift GitOps update for ArgoCD
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.2
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh Containers 2.4
• SUSE update for libxml2
• Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP) 1.1
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Network Observability for OpenShift
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Containers (MTC)
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Serverless
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Containers (MTC) 1.7
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Self Node Remediation Operator 0.5
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Self Node Remediation Operator 0.7
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Node Maintenance Operator 5.0
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes 4.0
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Secondary Scheduler Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.2
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Secondary Scheduler Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.1
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Run Once Duration Override Operator for Red Hat OpenShift
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Service Interconnect for RHEL 9
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Migration Toolkit for Applications 6.2
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Node Health Check Operator 0.4
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.11
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Migration Toolkit for Virtualization 2.4
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Kernel Module Management 1.1
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell NetWorker vProxy
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.10
• Slackware Linux update for libxml2
• Multiple vulnerabilities in macOS Ventura
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS 16 and iPadOS 16
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Operational Decision Manager
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support update for libxml2
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak
• Gentoo update for libxml2
• openEuler update for libxml2
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Service Telemetry Framework 1.5
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift GitOps
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift GitOps
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Netcool Operations Insight
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Siemens Telecontrol Server Basic
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC)
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell NetWorker
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell Data Lakehouse System Software
• Amazon Linux AMI update for libxml2
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell ObjectScale
• Multiple vulnerabilities in HPE Brocade Fabric OS
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Security Verify Governance - Identity Manager virtual appliance
• Anolis OS update for libxml2
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM webMethods Managed File Transfer
• RSA Authentication Manager update for third-party components