MGASA-2021-0232
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Summary: Updated libxml2 packages fix a security vulnerability
Details: Exponential entity expansion attack bypasses all existing protection mechanisms. (CVE-2021-3541).
References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0232.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29039, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/NYSYJVWYEQHFG2TBIQJRJ5COUR5LNFJJ/, https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2021/dla-2669
Affected packages
Package
Name: libxml2
Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/libxml2?arch=source&distro=mageia-7
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -2.9.9-2.7.mga7
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