Re: [xml] Release of libxml2-2.9.9

[Nick Wellnhofer <wellnhofer aevum de>]

On 30/01/2019 10:36, Alexander Dahl wrote:
> What about CVE-2017-8872?
>
> Debian (and SuSE) have a patch:
>
> https://sources.debian.org/patches/libxml2/2.9.8+dfsg-1/0003-CVE-2017-8872.patch/
>
> https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8872
>
> According to https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775200 and
> https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/issues/26 that might have been fixed by
> accident with git commit v2.9.8-26-g123234f2?
>
> The Debian patch still applies on 2.9.9, but I don't understand libxml2 well
> enough to say if it is harmful now and should be dropped?

The Debian patch is basically the same as commit 123234f2, so it can be dropped.

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/commit/123234f2cfcd9e9b9f83047eee1dc17b4c3f4407

> I also can not say
> if CVE-2017-8872 is really mitigated with v2.9.8-26-g123234f2?

Yes, it's the same issue. I just verified that the POC document in bug 775200 
doesn't trigger ASan anymore.

Nick