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Alma Linux: CVE-2023-28484: Moderate: libxml2 security update (Multiple Advisories)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2023-28484: Moderate: libxml2 security update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/24/2023
Created
08/03/2023
Added
08/03/2023
Modified
09/18/2024

Description

In libxml2 before 2.10.4, parsing of certain invalid XSD schemas can lead to a NULL pointer dereference and subsequently a segfault. This occurs in xmlSchemaFixupComplexType in xmlschemas.c.

Solution(s)

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

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