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The vulnerability of the xz_decomp function in the libxml2 library, which allows a hacker to trigger a service failure.

🗓️ 21 Feb 2019 00:00:00Reported by FSTEC of Russia — Information Security Threat DatabaseType 
bdu_fstec
 bdu_fstec🔗 bdu.fstec.ru👁 3 Views

Remote attacker can cause service failure via the libxml2 xz_decomp vulnerability with a crafted document.

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ALT Linux		Security fix for the ALT Linux 9 package libxml2 version 1:2.9.9.0.52.f824-alt1
22 May 201900:00
–altlinux
ALT Linux		Security fix for the ALT Linux 10 package libxml2 version 1:2.9.9.0.52.f824-alt1
22 May 201900:00
–altlinux
IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities in libxml2 affects IBM Watson Studio Local
18 Dec 201918:01
–ibm
Tenable Nessus		Amazon Linux 2 : libxml2 (ALAS-2020-1466)
23 Jul 202000:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Amazon Linux AMI : libxml2 (ALAS-2020-1415)
13 Aug 202000:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		CentOS 8 : libxml2 (CESA-2020:1827)
1 Feb 202100:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		CentOS 7 : libxml2 (RHSA-2020:1190)
10 Apr 202000:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Debian DLA-1524-1 : libxml2 security update
28 Sep 201800:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : libxml2 (EulerOS-SA-2019-2211)
8 Nov 201900:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : libxml2 (EulerOS-SA-2019-2491)
4 Dec 201900:00
–nessus
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6.4Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.4
CVSS 35.3
CVSS 25.4
EPSS0.0244
libxml2xz_decompvulnerabilityresource exhaustioncrafted documentremote attackerservice failure
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