suse · CVE-2017-18258

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Priority: low Published: 2021-05-30 14:05:41 UTC Updated: 2026-04-17 15:47:24 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2017-18258 severity low: SUSE including 58 source package names (0.9.1:libxml2-2-2.9.4-46.15.1, 1.0.0:libxml2-2-2.9.4-46.15.1, …), 138 product×package rows across 66 product lines (Container caasp/v4/default-http-backend, Container caasp/v4/dnsmasq-nanny, … (66 product lines)): Fixed 123, Known Not Affected 15.

Description:

The xz_head function in xzlib.c in libxml2 before 2.9.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted LZMA file, because the decoder functionality does not restrict memory usage to what is required for a legitimate file.

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