UBUNTU-CVE-2023-29469

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-29469
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-29469.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-29469
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Downstream
Related
Published
2023-04-12T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:56:14Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.4. When hashing empty dict strings in a crafted XML document, xmlDictComputeFastKey in dict.c can produce non-deterministic values, leading to various logic and memory errors, such as a double free. This behavior occurs because there is an attempt to use the first byte of an empty string, and any value is possible (not solely the '\0' value).

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml2@2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm5?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+esm5

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
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm1
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm2
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm3
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm4

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+esm5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-utils",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-libxml2",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm5"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml2@2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+esm5?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+esm5

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
2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7
2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+esm1
2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+esm2
2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+esm3
2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+esm4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2",
            "binary_version": "2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+esm5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+esm5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-utils",
            "binary_version": "2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+esm5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-libxml2",
            "binary_version": "2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+esm5"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml2@2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9

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
2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.3
2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.4
2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.5
2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.6
2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.7
2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2",
            "binary_version": "2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-utils",
            "binary_version": "2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-libxml2",
            "binary_version": "2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-libxml2",
            "binary_version": "2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml2@2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.6?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.6

Affected versions

2.*

2.9.4+dfsg1-7ubuntu3
2.9.4+dfsg1-7ubuntu5
2.9.4+dfsg1-8ubuntu1
2.9.4+dfsg1-8ubuntu2
2.9.4+dfsg1-8ubuntu3
2.9.10+dfsg-1ubuntu3
2.9.10+dfsg-4build1
2.9.10+dfsg-5
2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.1
2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.2
2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.3
2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.4
2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2",
            "binary_version": "2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-utils",
            "binary_version": "2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-libxml2",
            "binary_version": "2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-libxml2",
            "binary_version": "2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.6"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml2@2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3

Affected versions

2.*

2.9.12+dfsg-4
2.9.12+dfsg-5
2.9.12+dfsg-6
2.9.13+dfsg-1
2.9.13+dfsg-1build1
2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2",
            "binary_version": "2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-utils",
            "binary_version": "2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-libxml2",
            "binary_version": "2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3"
        }
    ]
}