RLSA-2021:1597

Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2021:1597
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2021:1597.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2021:1597
Related
Published
2021-05-18T05:36:57Z
Modified
2023-02-02T14:09:16.834019Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
Moderate: libxml2 security update
Details

The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the implementation of various XML standards.

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 Rocky Linux 8.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.

References
Credits
    • Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
    • Red Hat

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:8 / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/libxml2?distro=rocky-linux-8-4-legacy&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:2.9.7-9.el8