Bug 1218040 (CVE-2023-34194)

Summary:	VUL-0: CVE-2023-34194: tinyxml: reachable assertion may lead to denial of service
Product:	[Novell Products] SUSE Security Incidents	Reporter:	SMASH SMASH <smash_bz>
Component:	Incidents	Assignee:	Security Team bot <security-team>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	Security Team bot <security-team>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P3 - Medium	CC:	abergmann, aschnell, stefan.fent
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Other
URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/387872/
Whiteboard:	CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2023-34194:5.3:(AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Found By:	Security Response Team	Services Priority:
Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---

Description SMASH SMASH 2023-12-14 07:57:28 UTC

StringEqual in TiXmlDeclaration::Parse in tinyxmlparser.cpp in TinyXML through 2.6.2 has a reachable assertion (and application exit) via a crafted XML document with a '\0' located after whitespace.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2023-34194

Comment 3 Arvin Schnell 2023-12-15 14:48:09 UTC

1st SR: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1133455

Comment 4 Arvin Schnell 2023-12-18 06:31:57 UTC

2nd SR: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1133617

Comment 5 Arvin Schnell 2023-12-18 08:47:21 UTC

3th SR: https://build.suse.de/request/show/315910

Handling over to maint-coord.

Comment 6 Marcus Meissner 2023-12-18 08:59:42 UTC

(In reply to Arvin Schnell from comment #5)
> 3th SR: https://build.suse.de/request/show/315910
> 
> Handling over to maint-coord.

reassign to security-team once done with VUL please

Comment 7 Arvin Schnell 2023-12-19 10:21:59 UTC

Second try:

1st SR: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1133997

Comment 8 Arvin Schnell 2023-12-19 10:32:02 UTC

2nd SR: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1134002

Comment 9 Arvin Schnell 2023-12-21 06:00:34 UTC

3th SR: https://build.suse.de/request/show/316157

Comment 10 Maintenance Automation 2023-12-22 08:30:11 UTC

SUSE-SU-2023:4958-1: An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 1218040
CVE References: CVE-2023-34194
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 15.5 (src): tinyxml-2.6.2-150000.3.6.1
SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP5 (src): tinyxml-2.6.2-150000.3.6.1
openSUSE Leap 15.4 (src): tinyxml-2.6.2-150000.3.6.1

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.

Comment 11 Carlos López 2024-05-30 18:49:38 UTC

Done, closing.