Out-of-bounds Read Affecting python3-libxml2-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.9.7-9.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-PYTHON3LIBXML2DEBUGINFO-3295307
  • published3 Feb 2023
  • disclosed4 Sept 2020

Introduced: 4 Sep 2020

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 python3-libxml2-debuginfo to version 0:2.9.7-9.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2021:1597.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3-libxml2-debuginfo package and not the python3-libxml2-debuginfo package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux: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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