SUSE-SU-2018:3080-1

Advisory lineage Upstream: 3 Downstream: 0
Published: 09 Oct 2018, 09:08
Last modified:04 Feb 2026, 02:39

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

09 Oct 2018, 09:08
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Feb 2026, 02:39
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Security update for libxml2 This update for libxml2 fixes the following security issues: - CVE-2018-9251: The xz_decomp function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted XML file that triggers LZMA_MEMLIMIT_ERROR, as demonstrated by xmllint (bsc#1088279) - CVE-2018-14567: Prevent denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted XML file that triggers LZMA_MEMLIMIT_ERROR, as demonstrated by xmllint (bsc#1105166) - CVE-2018-14404: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in the xmlXPathCompOpEval() function when parsing an invalid XPath expression in the XPATH_OP_AND or XPATH_OP_OR case leading to a denial of service attack (bsc#1102046)

Affected Systems

  • suse•libxml2&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15

    < 2.9.7-3.3.1

  • suse•python-libxml2-python&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15

    < 2.9.7-3.3.1

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