Description
A flaw was identified in the interactive shell of the xmllint utility, part of the libxml2 project, where memory allocated for user input is not properly released under certain conditions. When a user submits input consisting only of whitespace, the program skips command execution but fails to free the allocated buffer. Repeating this action causes memory to continuously accumulate. Over time, this can exhaust system memory and terminate the xmllint process, creating a denial-of-service condition on the local system.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images
Default version status: affected
2.15.2-0.3.hum1 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Default version status: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Default version status: unknown
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Default version status: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Default version status: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Default version status: affected
Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Core Services
Default version status: affected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Default version status: affected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Default version status: affected