glsa-202010-04.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202010-04">
  <title>libxml2: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libxml2, the worst of
    which could result in a Denial of Service condition.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">libxml2</product>
  <announced>2020-10-20</announced>
  <revised count="1">2020-10-20</revised>
  <bug>710748</bug>
  <access>local, remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-libs/libxml2" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.9.10</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.9.10</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>libxml2 is the XML (eXtended Markup Language) C parser and toolkit
      initially developed for the Gnome project.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libxml2. Please review
      the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.</p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All libxml2 users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-libs/libxml2-2.9.10"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20388">CVE-2019-20388</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7595">CVE-2020-7595</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-10-02T01:04:31Z">sam_c</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-10-20T10:44:05Z">whissi</metadata>
</glsa>