CVE-2020-7595

Publication date 21 January 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

xmlStringLenDecodeEntities in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.10 has an infinite loop in a certain end-of-file situation.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libxml2 20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan
Fixed 2.9.4+dfsg1-7ubuntu3.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7
14.04 LTS trusty

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
libxml2

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4274-1
    • libxml2 vulnerabilities
    • 10 February 2020

Other references