| Name | CVE-2019-20201 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in ezXML 0.8.3 through 0.8.6. The ezxml_parse_* functions mishandle XML entities, leading to an infinite loop in which memory allocations occur. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 989360, 989361, 989363, 989364 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| mapcache (PTS) | jessie | 1.2.1-2 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 1.4.1-3 | vulnerable |
| buster | 1.6.1-3 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 1.10.0-2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1.14.0-1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 1.14.1-1 | vulnerable |
| netcdf (PTS) | jessie | 1:4.1.3-7.2 | fixed |
| stretch | 1:4.4.1.1-2 | fixed |
| buster | 1:4.6.2-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 1:4.7.4-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1:4.9.0-3 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:4.9.2-7 | fixed |
| netcdf-parallel (PTS) | buster | 1:4.6.2-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 1:4.7.4-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1:4.9.0-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 1:4.9.0-4 | fixed |
| sid | 1:4.9.0-5 | fixed |
| scilab (PTS) | jessie | 5.5.1-7 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 5.5.2-4+deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| buster | 6.0.1-10+deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 6.1.0+dfsg1-7 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 6.1.1+dfsg2-6 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 2024.1.0+dfsg-6 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[bullseye] - netcdf <ignored> (Minor issue)
[buster] - netcdf <ignored> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - netcdf <not-affected> (vulnerable code not present)
[bullseye] - netcdf-parallel <ignored> (Minor issue)
[buster] - netcdf-parallel <ignored> (Minor issue)
https://sourceforge.net/p/ezxml/bugs/16/
mapcache only uses ezxml to parse config files which are trusted
[jessie] - netcdf <not-affected> (vulnerable code introduced later)