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Alma Linux: CVE-2022-40304: Moderate: libxml2 security update (ALSA-2023-0338)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2022-40304: Moderate: libxml2 security update (ALSA-2023-0338)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/23/2022
Created
01/18/2023
Added
01/17/2023
Modified
05/03/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. Certain invalid XML entity definitions can corrupt a hash table key, potentially leading to subsequent logic errors. In one case, a double-free can be provoked.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-libxml2
  • alma-upgrade-libxml2-devel
  • alma-upgrade-python3-libxml2

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