Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20201190
Revision Date:2020-03-31Version:636
Title:RHSA-2020:1190: libxml2 security update (Moderate)
Description:The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the implementation of various XML standards.

Security Fix(es):

  • libxml2: Use after free triggered by XPointer paths beginning with range-to (CVE-2016-5131)

  • libxml2: Use after free in xmlXPathCompOpEvalPositionalPredicate() function in xpath.c (CVE-2017-15412)

  • libxml2: DoS caused by incorrect error detection during XZ decompression (CVE-2015-8035)

  • libxml2: NULL pointer dereference in xmlXPathCompOpEval() function in xpath.c (CVE-2018-14404)

  • libxml2: Unrestricted memory usage in xz_head() function in xzlib.c (CVE-2017-18258)

  • libxml2: Infinite loop caused by incorrect error detection during LZMA decompression (CVE-2018-14567)

    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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8 Release Notes linked from the References section.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2015-8035
    CVE-2016-5131
    CVE-2017-15412
    CVE-2017-18258
    CVE-2018-14404
    CVE-2018-14567
    RHSA-2020:1190
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is installed
  • AND
  • libxml2 is earlier than 0:2.9.1-6.el7.4
  • AND libxml2 is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • libxml2-devel is earlier than 0:2.9.1-6.el7.4
  • AND libxml2-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • libxml2-python is earlier than 0:2.9.1-6.el7.4
  • AND libxml2-python is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • libxml2-static is earlier than 0:2.9.1-6.el7.4
  • AND libxml2-static is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • BACK