Improper Input Validation Affecting python3-libxml2 package, versions <0:2.9.7-9.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-PYTHON3LIBXML2-3982616
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed4 Sept 2020

Introduced: 4 Sep 2020

CVE-2020-24977  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 python3-libxml2 to version 0:2.9.7-9.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:1597.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3-libxml2 package and not the python3-libxml2 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

GNOME project libxml2 v2.9.10 has a global buffer over-read vulnerability in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal at libxml2/entities.c. The issue has been fixed in commit 50f06b3e.

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