Mageia 2021-0232: libxml2 security update
Summary
Exponential entity expansion attack bypasses all existing protection mechanisms. (CVE-2021-3541).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29039
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/NYSYJVWYEQHFG2TBIQJRJ5COUR5LNFJJ/
- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2021/dla-2669
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3541
Resolution
MGASA-2021-0232 - Updated libxml2 packages fix a security vulnerability
SRPMS
- 8/core/libxml2-2.9.10-7.2.mga8
- 7/core/libxml2-2.9.9-2.7.mga7