Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20211597
Revision Date:2021-05-18Version:636
Title:RHSA-2021:1597: libxml2 security update (Moderate)
Description: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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2020-24977
    RHSA-2021:1597
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is installed
  • OR Red Hat CoreOS 4 is installed
  • AND
  • libxml2 is earlier than 0:2.9.7-9.el8
  • AND libxml2 is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • libxml2-devel is earlier than 0:2.9.7-9.el8
  • AND libxml2-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • python3-libxml2 is earlier than 0:2.9.7-9.el8
  • AND python3-libxml2 is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • BACK