USN-5324-1: libxml2 vulnerability | Cloud Foundry

Severity

Medium

Vendor

Canonical Ubuntu

Versions Affected

• Canonical Ubuntu 18.04

Description

It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML files. An attacker could use this issue to cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2022-23308.

Affected Cloud Foundry Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

• Bionic Stemcells
  • 1.x versions prior to 1.71
  • All other stemcells not listed.
• cflinuxfs3
  • All versions prior to 0.277.0
• CF Deployment
  • All versions prior to 20.0.0, or later versions with Bionic Stemcells prior to 1.71

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigations below. The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following releases:

• Bionic Stemcells
  • Upgrade 1.x versions to 1.71 or greater
  • All other stemcells should be upgraded to the latest version available on bosh.io.
• cflinuxfs3
  • Upgrade all versions to 0.277.0 or greater
• CF Deployment
  • Upgrade all versions to 20.0.0 or greater and upgrade Bionic Stemcells to 1.71 or greater

References

• USN Notice
• CVE-2022-23308

History

2022-05-23: Initial vulnerability report published.