Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20203996
Revision Date:2020-09-29Version:637
Title:RHSA-2020:3996: libxml2 security and bug fix update (Moderate)
Description:The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the implementation of various XML standards.

Security Fix(es):

  • libxml2: memory leak in xmlParseBalancedChunkMemoryRecover in parser.c (CVE-2019-19956)

  • libxml2: memory leak in xmlSchemaPreRun in xmlschemas.c (CVE-2019-20388)

  • libxml2: infinite loop in xmlStringLenDecodeEntities in some end-of-file situations (CVE-2020-7595)

    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 7.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2019-19956
    CVE-2019-20388
    CVE-2020-7595
    RHSA-2020:3996
    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.el7.5
  • AND libxml2 is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • libxml2-devel is earlier than 0:2.9.1-6.el7.5
  • AND libxml2-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • libxml2-python is earlier than 0:2.9.1-6.el7.5
  • AND libxml2-python is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • libxml2-static is earlier than 0:2.9.1-6.el7.5
  • AND libxml2-static is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
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