CVE-2018-14404

Upstream information

CVE-2018-14404 at MITRE

Description

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the xpath.c:xmlXPathCompOpEval() function of libxml2 through 2.9.8 when parsing an invalid XPath expression in the XPATH_OP_AND or XPATH_OP_OR case. Applications processing untrusted XSL format inputs with the use of the libxml2 library may be vulnerable to a denial of service attack due to a crash of the application.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	5
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Partial

CVSS v3 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database	SUSE
Base Score	7.5	5.3
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Access Vector	Network	Network
Access Complexity	Low	Low
Privileges Required	None	None
User Interaction	None	None
Scope	Unchanged	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	None	None
Integrity Impact	None	None
Availability Impact	High	Low
CVSSv3 Version	3	3

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1102046 [NEW], 1148896 [IN_PROGRESS]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-CU-2019:695-1, published Tue Jan 14 00:06:30 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:697-1, published Tue Jan 14 00:06:48 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:702-1, published Wed Jan 15 11:24:24 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:706-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:56:32 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:708-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:56:51 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:710-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:57:10 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:712-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:57:31 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:714-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:57:50 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:716-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:58:06 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:719-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:58:33 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:721-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:58:53 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:723-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:59:12 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:725-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:59:40 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:727-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:59:57 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:729-1, published Thu Jan 16 10:00:23 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:731-1, published Thu Jan 16 10:01:00 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:733-1, published Thu Jan 16 10:01:25 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:735-1, published Thu Jan 16 10:01:49 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:738-1, published Thu Jan 16 10:02:14 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:740-1, published Sat Feb 1 01:34:57 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:747-1, published Sat Feb 1 01:36:23 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:760-1, published Sat Feb 1 01:39:02 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2020:54-1, published Mon Feb 17 04:26:04 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2020:91-1, published Wed Mar 18 05:25:31 MDT 2020
• SUSE-CU-2020:92-1, published Wed Mar 18 05:35:42 MDT 2020
• SUSE-CU-2020:93-1, published Wed Mar 18 05:41:41 MDT 2020
• SUSE-SU-2018:3080-1, published Tue Oct 9 07:08:29 MDT 2018
• SUSE-SU-2018:3081-1, published Tue Oct 9 07:09:31 MDT 2018
• SUSE-SU-2019:0272-1, published Wed Feb 6 13:11:48 MST 2019
• SUSE-SU-2019:13985-1, published Thu Mar 21 17:11:34 MDT 2019
• openSUSE-SU-2018:3107-1, published Fri, 12 Oct 2018 12:10:07 +0200 (CEST)
• openSUSE-SU-2018:3110-1, published Fri, 12 Oct 2018 12:12:16 +0200 (CEST)
• openSUSE-SU-2019:0185-1, published Thu, 14 Feb 2019 18:11:22 +0100 (CET)

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
Openstack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7	libxml2 >= 2.9.4-46.15.1 libxml2-2 >= 2.9.4-46.15.1	Patchnames: SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2018-2181
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0	libxml2 >= 2.9.4-46.15.1 libxml2-2 >= 2.9.4-46.15.1 libxml2-tools >= 2.9.4-46.15.1	Patchnames: SUSE-CAASP-3.0-2018-2181
SUSE CaaS Platform ALL	libxml2 >= 2.9.4-46.15.1 libxml2-2 >= 2.9.4-46.15.1 libxml2-tools >= 2.9.4-46.15.1	Patchnames: SUSE-CAASP-ALL-2018-2181
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3	libxml2 >= 2.9.4-46.15.1 libxml2-2 >= 2.9.4-46.15.1 libxml2-2-32bit >= 2.9.4-46.15.1 libxml2-tools >= 2.9.4-46.15.1 python-libxml2 >= 2.9.4-46.15.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-2181
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4	libxml2-2 >= 2.9.4-46.15.1 libxml2-2-32bit >= 2.9.4-46.15.1 libxml2-tools >= 2.9.4-46.15.1	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 GA libxml2-2
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5	libxml2-2 >= 2.9.4-46.20.1 libxml2-2-32bit >= 2.9.4-46.20.1 libxml2-doc >= 2.9.4-46.20.1 libxml2-tools >= 2.9.4-46.20.1	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 GA libxml2-2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15	libxml2 >= 2.9.7-3.3.1 libxml2-2 >= 2.9.7-3.3.1 libxml2-2-32bit >= 2.9.7-3.3.1 libxml2-devel >= 2.9.7-3.3.1 libxml2-tools >= 2.9.7-3.3.1 python-libxml2-python >= 2.9.7-3.3.1 python2-libxml2-python >= 2.9.7-3.3.1 python3-libxml2-python >= 2.9.7-3.3.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2018-2182
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1	libxml2-2 >= 2.9.7-3.6.1 libxml2-2-32bit >= 2.9.7-3.6.1 libxml2-devel >= 2.9.7-3.6.1 libxml2-tools >= 2.9.7-3.6.1	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 GA libxml2-2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP1	rmt-server-pubcloud >= 1.2.2-1.15	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP1 GA rmt-server-pubcloud
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15	rmt-server >= 1.1.1-3.13.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-2019-272
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP1	rmt-server >= 1.2.2-1.15	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP1 GA rmt-server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3	libxml2 >= 2.7.6-0.77.15.1 libxml2-doc >= 2.7.6-0.77.15.1 libxml2-python >= 2.7.6-0.77.15.1	Patchnames: sleposp3-libxml2-13985
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4	libxml2 >= 2.7.6-0.77.15.1 libxml2-32bit >= 2.7.6-0.77.15.1 libxml2-doc >= 2.7.6-0.77.15.1 libxml2-python >= 2.7.6-0.77.15.1 libxml2-x86 >= 2.7.6-0.77.15.1	Patchnames: slessp4-libxml2-13985
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3	libxml2 >= 2.9.4-46.15.1 libxml2-2 >= 2.9.4-46.15.1 libxml2-2-32bit >= 2.9.4-46.15.1 libxml2-doc >= 2.9.4-46.15.1 libxml2-tools >= 2.9.4-46.15.1 python-libxml2 >= 2.9.4-46.15.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-2181
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4	libxml2-2 >= 2.9.4-46.15.1 libxml2-2-32bit >= 2.9.4-46.15.1 libxml2-doc >= 2.9.4-46.15.1 libxml2-tools >= 2.9.4-46.15.1	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 GA libxml2-2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5	libxml2-2 >= 2.9.4-46.20.1 libxml2-2-32bit >= 2.9.4-46.20.1 libxml2-doc >= 2.9.4-46.20.1 libxml2-tools >= 2.9.4-46.20.1	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 GA libxml2-2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4	libxml2 >= 2.7.6-0.77.15.1 libxml2-32bit >= 2.7.6-0.77.15.1 libxml2-doc >= 2.7.6-0.77.15.1 libxml2-python >= 2.7.6-0.77.15.1 libxml2-x86 >= 2.7.6-0.77.15.1	Patchnames: slessp4-libxml2-13985
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3	libxml2 >= 2.9.4-46.15.1 libxml2-2 >= 2.9.4-46.15.1 libxml2-2-32bit >= 2.9.4-46.15.1 libxml2-doc >= 2.9.4-46.15.1 libxml2-tools >= 2.9.4-46.15.1 python-libxml2 >= 2.9.4-46.15.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-2181
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4	libxml2 >= 2.7.6-0.77.15.1 libxml2-devel >= 2.7.6-0.77.15.1 libxml2-devel-32bit >= 2.7.6-0.77.15.1	Patchnames: sdksp4-libxml2-13985
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3	libxml2 >= 2.9.4-46.15.1 libxml2-devel >= 2.9.4-46.15.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-2181
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4	libxml2-devel >= 2.9.4-46.15.1	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 GA libxml2-devel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5	libxml2-devel >= 2.9.4-46.20.1	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 GA libxml2-devel
openSUSE Leap 15.0	libxml2 >= 2.9.7-lp150.2.3.1 libxml2-2 >= 2.9.7-lp150.2.3.1 libxml2-2-32bit >= 2.9.7-lp150.2.3.1 libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo >= 2.9.7-lp150.2.3.1 libxml2-2-debuginfo >= 2.9.7-lp150.2.3.1 libxml2-debugsource >= 2.9.7-lp150.2.3.1 libxml2-devel >= 2.9.7-lp150.2.3.1 libxml2-devel-32bit >= 2.9.7-lp150.2.3.1 libxml2-doc >= 2.9.7-lp150.2.3.1 libxml2-tools >= 2.9.7-lp150.2.3.1 libxml2-tools-debuginfo >= 2.9.7-lp150.2.3.1 python-libxml2-python >= 2.9.7-lp150.2.3.1 python-libxml2-python-debugsource >= 2.9.7-lp150.2.3.1 python2-libxml2-python >= 2.9.7-lp150.2.3.1 python2-libxml2-python-debuginfo >= 2.9.7-lp150.2.3.1 python3-libxml2-python >= 2.9.7-lp150.2.3.1 python3-libxml2-python-debuginfo >= 2.9.7-lp150.2.3.1 rmt-server >= 1.1.1-lp150.2.12.1 rmt-server-debuginfo >= 1.1.1-lp150.2.12.1 rmt-server-pubcloud >= 1.1.1-lp150.2.12.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2019-185 openSUSE-2019-785
openSUSE Leap 42.3	libxml2 >= 2.9.4-18.1 libxml2-2 >= 2.9.4-18.1 libxml2-2-32bit >= 2.9.4-18.1 libxml2-2-debuginfo >= 2.9.4-18.1 libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit >= 2.9.4-18.1 libxml2-debugsource >= 2.9.4-18.1 libxml2-devel >= 2.9.4-18.1 libxml2-devel-32bit >= 2.9.4-18.1 libxml2-doc >= 2.9.4-18.1 libxml2-tools >= 2.9.4-18.1 libxml2-tools-debuginfo >= 2.9.4-18.1 python-libxml2 >= 2.9.4-18.1 python-libxml2-debuginfo >= 2.9.4-18.1 python-libxml2-debugsource >= 2.9.4-18.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2018-1149

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification.

Product(s)	Source package	State
CaaS Platform 1.0	libxml2	Released
CaaS Platform 2.0	libxml2	Released
CaaS Platform 3.0	libxml2	Released
OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7.0	libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3	libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 GA	libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 11 SP4	libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 12 SP3	libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS	libxml2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4	libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS	libxml2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3	libxml2	Released