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CentOS Linux: CVE-2019-18197: Important: chromium-browser security update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2019-18197: Important: chromium-browser security update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/18/2019
Created
02/19/2020
Added
02/18/2020
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

In xsltCopyText in transform.c in libxslt 1.1.33, a pointer variable isn't reset under certain circumstances. If the relevant memory area happened to be freed and reused in a certain way, a bounds check could fail and memory outside a buffer could be written to, or uninitialized data could be disclosed.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-chromium-browser
  • centos-upgrade-chromium-browser-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-libxslt
  • centos-upgrade-libxslt-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-libxslt-debugsource
  • centos-upgrade-libxslt-devel
  • centos-upgrade-libxslt-python

References

  • CVE-2019-18197
  • RHSA-2020:0514

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