A libxml2 security update has been released for AlmaLinux.
ALSA-2021:1597 Moderate: libxml2 security update
Type:
security
Severity:
moderate
Release date:
2021-05-18
Description
Security Fix(es):
* libxml2: Buffer overflow vulnerability in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal() in entities.c (CVE-2020-24977)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.
References:
CVE-2020-24977
Updates packages:
libxml2-2.9.7-9.el8.i686.rpm
libxml2-2.9.7-9.el8.x86_64.rpm
libxml2-devel-2.9.7-9.el8.i686.rpm
libxml2-devel-2.9.7-9.el8.x86_64.rpm
python3-libxml2-2.9.7-9.el8.x86_64.rpm
Notes:
This page is generated automatically and has not been checked for errors. For clarification or corrections please contact the AlmaLinux Packaging Team.
