SB2012022801 - Resource management error in libxml2 (Alpine package)
Published: February 28, 2012
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012022801
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0841)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources with the application. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=ac9693018e22f998b73d80d3765149a5a7c2d948
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=57d855a2325e23bfd68c732f6fc5fea66eb112a1
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=34d20321c151d7278bb170730c05340ebc3c0b6b
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=7940e6b6d492ca93bf9d438892e81c9b50b9c73e