UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7595

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-7595
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7595.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7595
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Published
2020-01-21T23:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:45:59Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

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

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml2@2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm1

Affected versions

2.*

2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu3
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.1
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.2
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.3
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.4
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.5
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.7
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.8
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.9
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.10
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.11
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.12
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-utils",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-libxml2",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml2@2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7

Affected versions

2.*

2.9.2+zdfsg1-4
2.9.2+zdfsg1-4ubuntu1
2.9.2+zdfsg1-4ubuntu2
2.9.2+zdfsg1-4ubuntu3
2.9.3+dfsg1-1
2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1
2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.2
2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.3
2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.4
2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.5
2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2",
            "binary_version": "2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-utils",
            "binary_version": "2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-libxml2",
            "binary_version": "2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml2@2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.3?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.3

Affected versions

2.*

2.9.4+dfsg1-4ubuntu1
2.9.4+dfsg1-5ubuntu1
2.9.4+dfsg1-5ubuntu2
2.9.4+dfsg1-5.1ubuntu1
2.9.4+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu1
2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1
2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2",
            "binary_version": "2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-utils",
            "binary_version": "2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-libxml2",
            "binary_version": "2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-libxml2",
            "binary_version": "2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.3"
        }
    ]
}