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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2019-19956) (Multiple Advisories): libxml2 security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2019-19956) (Multiple Advisories): libxml2 security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/24/2019
Created
10/09/2020
Added
10/07/2020
Modified
11/12/2020

Description

xmlParseBalancedChunkMemoryRecover in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.10 has a memory leak related to newDoc->oldNs.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libxml2
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libxml2-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libxml2-python
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libxml2-static
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-libxml2

References

  • ELSA-2020-4479
  • USN-4274-1
  • CVE-2019-19956

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