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Bug 817863 (CVE-2021-42260) - <dev-libs/tinyxml-2.6.2-r5: infinite loop (CVE-2021-42260)
Summary: <dev-libs/tinyxml-2.6.2-r5: infinite loop (CVE-2021-42260)
Status: IN_PROGRESS
Alias: CVE-2021-42260
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal minor (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: https://sourceforge.net/p/tinyxml/bug...
Whiteboard: B3 [cleanup glsa?]
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Depends on: 915341
Blocks:
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Reported: 2021-10-12 14:14 UTC by John Helmert III
Modified: 2023-10-09 06:00 UTC (History)
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Description John Helmert III archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2021-10-12 14:14:17 UTC 
CVE-2021-42260:

TinyXML through 2.6.2 has an infinite loop in TiXmlParsingData::Stamp in tinyxmlparser.cpp via the TIXML_UTF_LEAD_0 case. It can be triggered by a crafted XML message and leads to a denial of service.
Comment 2 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev 2023-08-27 08:42:57 UTC 
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=d139a435333edbdb81869e7d4b984a7535e9eda8

commit d139a435333edbdb81869e7d4b984a7535e9eda8
Author:     Bernard Cafarelli <voyageur@gentoo.org>
AuthorDate: 2023-08-27 08:42:10 +0000
Commit:     Bernard Cafarelli <voyageur@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2023-08-27 08:42:53 +0000

    dev-libs/tinyxml: bump to add infinite loop patch
    
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/817863
    Signed-off-by: Bernard Cafarelli <voyageur@gentoo.org>

 .../files/tinyxml-2.6.2-CVE-2021-42260.patch       | 23 ++++++++
 dev-libs/tinyxml/tinyxml-2.6.2-r5.ebuild           | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 91 insertions(+)
Comment 3 John Helmert III archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2023-10-07 18:21:23 UTC 
Thanks!