[Secure-testing-team] Bug#862450: libxml2: CVE-2017-8872: Out-of-bounds read in htmlParseTryOrFinish

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: libxml2
Version: 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775200

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for libxml2.

CVE-2017-8872[0]:
| The htmlParseTryOrFinish function in HTMLparser.c in libxml2 2.9.4
| allows attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or
| information disclosure.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8872
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8872
[1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775200

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore