BUG #16793: Libxml2 contains a null pointer dereference flaw in xpath.c
The following bug has been logged on the website:
Bug reference: 16793
Logged by: Srinivas Gowda
Email address: srinivasg@jfrog.com
PostgreSQL version: 12.5
Operating system: docker image alpine
Description:
Libxml2 contains a null pointer dereference flaw in xpath.c that is
triggered when handling errors for xpointer expressions. this may allow a
context-dependent attacker to crash a process linked against the library.
PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
Libxml2 contains a null pointer dereference flaw in xpath.c that is
triggered when handling errors for xpointer expressions. this may allow a
context-dependent attacker to crash a process linked against the library.
Why are you reporting this here, and not to the libxml2 authors?
There's nothing we can do about it.
regards, tom lane