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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.

  ALSA-2021:1597 Moderate: libxml2 security update