Vulnerability · Published Apr 24, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-28484
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity null pointer dereference in the libxml2 package (AlmaLinux). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 69% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 30.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In libxml2 before 2.10.4, parsing of certain invalid XSD schemas can lead to a NULL pointer dereference and subsequently a segfault. This occurs in xmlSchemaFixupComplexType in xmlschemas.c.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | libxml2 | 2.9.7-16.el8_8.1 | ALSA-2023:4529 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | libxml2 | 2.9.13-3.el9_2.1 | ALSA-2023:4349 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | libxml2-devel | 2.9.7-16.el8_8.1 | ALSA-2023:4529 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | libxml2-devel | 2.9.13-3.el9_2.1 | ALSA-2023:4349 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | python3-libxml2 | 2.9.7-16.el8_8.1 | ALSA-2023:4529 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | python3-libxml2 | 2.9.13-3.el9_2.1 | ALSA-2023:4349 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | libxml2 | 2.10.4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-28484 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | libxml2 | 2.10.4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-28484 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | libxml2 | 2.10.4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-28484 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | libxml2 | 2.10.4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-28484 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | libxml2 | 2.10.4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-28484 |
| Debian:12 | libxml2 | 2.9.14+dfsg-1.2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28484 |
| Debian:13 | libxml2 | 2.9.14+dfsg-1.2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28484 |
| Debian:14 | libxml2 | 2.9.14+dfsg-1.2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28484 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | libxml2 | 0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.1 | RLSA-2023:4529 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | libxml2 | 2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-28484 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | libxml2 | 2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3 | USN-6028-1 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.10.4
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/491
- [debian-lts-announce] 20230430 [SECURITY] [DLA 3405-1] libxml2 security update mailing-list
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230601-0006/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240201-0005/
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-556635.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-625862.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-341067.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-769027.html