RHSA-2020:1827: Moderate: libxml2 security update
First published: Tue Apr 28 2020(Updated: )
The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the implementation of various XML standards.<br>Security Fix(es):<br><li> libxml2: NULL pointer dereference in xmlXPathCompOpEval() function in xpath.c (CVE-2018-14404)</li> <li> libxml2: infinite loop in xz_decomp function in xzlib.c (CVE-2018-9251)</li> 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.<br>Additional Changes:<br>For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Release Notes linked from the References section.
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| redhat/libxml2 | <2.9.7-7.el8 | 2.9.7-7.el8 |
| redhat/libxml2 | <2.9.7-7.el8 | 2.9.7-7.el8 |
| redhat/libxml2-debuginfo | <2.9.7-7.el8 | 2.9.7-7.el8 |
| redhat/libxml2-debuginfo | <2.9.7-7.el8 | 2.9.7-7.el8 |
| redhat/libxml2-debugsource | <2.9.7-7.el8 | 2.9.7-7.el8 |
| redhat/libxml2-debugsource | <2.9.7-7.el8 | 2.9.7-7.el8 |
| redhat/libxml2-devel | <2.9.7-7.el8 | 2.9.7-7.el8 |
| redhat/libxml2-devel | <2.9.7-7.el8 | 2.9.7-7.el8 |
| redhat/python3-libxml2 | <2.9.7-7.el8 | 2.9.7-7.el8 |
| redhat/python3-libxml2-debuginfo | <2.9.7-7.el8 | 2.9.7-7.el8 |
| redhat/python3-libxml2-debuginfo | <2.9.7-7.el8 | 2.9.7-7.el8 |
| redhat/python3-libxml2 | <2.9.7-7.el8 | 2.9.7-7.el8 |
| redhat/libxml2 | <2.9.7-7.el8 | 2.9.7-7.el8 |
| redhat/libxml2-debuginfo | <2.9.7-7.el8 | 2.9.7-7.el8 |
| redhat/libxml2-debugsource | <2.9.7-7.el8 | 2.9.7-7.el8 |
| redhat/libxml2-devel | <2.9.7-7.el8 | 2.9.7-7.el8 |
| redhat/python3-libxml2 | <2.9.7-7.el8 | 2.9.7-7.el8 |
| redhat/python3-libxml2-debuginfo | <2.9.7-7.el8 | 2.9.7-7.el8 |
| redhat/libxml2 | <2.9.7-7.el8.aa | 2.9.7-7.el8.aa |
| redhat/libxml2-debuginfo | <2.9.7-7.el8.aa | 2.9.7-7.el8.aa |
| redhat/libxml2-debugsource | <2.9.7-7.el8.aa | 2.9.7-7.el8.aa |
| redhat/libxml2-devel | <2.9.7-7.el8.aa | 2.9.7-7.el8.aa |
| redhat/python3-libxml2 | <2.9.7-7.el8.aa | 2.9.7-7.el8.aa |
| redhat/python3-libxml2-debuginfo | <2.9.7-7.el8.aa | 2.9.7-7.el8.aa |
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Reference Links
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1565318
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1595985
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
- https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.2_release_notes/index
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1827 (Advisory)
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