Vulnerability in java (CVE-2024-56171)
Summary
Vulnerability in java (CVE-2024-56171). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 1.8.0, 8.0.461 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
libxml2 before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6 has a use-after-free in xmlSchemaIDCFillNodeTables and xmlSchemaBubbleIDCNodeTables in xmlschemas.c. To exploit this, a crafted XML document must be validated against an XML schema with certain identity constraints, or a crafted XML schema must be used.
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-56171 has been found in java.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade java to 1.8.0, 8.0.461 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "java CVE-2024-56171" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2024-56171 (java)
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 1.8.0, 8.0.461 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in java.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of java.
Severity: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 1.8.0, 8.0.461.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'java' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'java' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
javaを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade java to 1.8.0, 8.0.461ステージング環境で 1.8.0, 8.0.461 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Alpine Linux ALPINE-CVE-2024-56171 libxml2 Fixed in: 2.11.8-r1
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56171 libxml2 Fixed in: 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u6
References
- advisory security.netapp.com
- report gitlab.gnome.org
- web seclists.org
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- web seclists.org
- web lists.debian.org
- web nvd.nist.gov