File libxml2-CVE-2018-14567.patch of Package python-libxml2-python

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File libxml2-CVE-2018-14567.patch of Package python-libxml2-python

From 2240fbf5912054af025fb6e01e26375100275e74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Wellnhofer <wellnhofer@aevum.de>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 13:14:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix infinite loop in LZMA decompression
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Check the liblzma error code more thoroughly to avoid infinite loops.

Closes: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/issues/13
Closes: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=794914

This is CVE-2018-9251 and CVE-2018-14567.

Thanks to Dongliang Mu and Simon Wörner for the reports.
---
 xzlib.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/xzlib.c b/xzlib.c
index a839169e..0ba88cfa 100644
--- a/xzlib.c
+++ b/xzlib.c
@@ -562,6 +562,10 @@ xz_decomp(xz_statep state)
                          "internal error: inflate stream corrupt");
                 return -1;
             }
+            /*
+             * FIXME: Remapping a couple of error codes and falling through
+             * to the LZMA error handling looks fragile.
+             */
             if (ret == Z_MEM_ERROR)
                 ret = LZMA_MEM_ERROR;
             if (ret == Z_DATA_ERROR)
@@ -587,6 +591,11 @@ xz_decomp(xz_statep state)
             xz_error(state, LZMA_PROG_ERROR, "compression error");
             return -1;
         }
+        if ((state->how != GZIP) &&
+            (ret != LZMA_OK) && (ret != LZMA_STREAM_END)) {
+            xz_error(state, ret, "lzma error");
+            return -1;
+        }
     } while (strm->avail_out && ret != LZMA_STREAM_END);
 
     /* update available output and crc check value */
-- 
2.18.0

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