SUSE-SU-2021:14729-1

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    SUSE-SU-2021:14729-1

    Published: 19 May 2021Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for libxml2

    Details: This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2021-3537: NULL pointer dereference in valid.c:xmlValidBuildAContentModel (bsc#1185698) - CVE-2021-3518: Fixed a use after free in xinclude.c:xmlXIncludeDoProcess (bsc#1185408). - CVE-2021-3517: Fixed a heap based buffer overflow in entities.c:xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal (bsc#1185410). - CVE-2021-3516: Fixed a use after free in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal() in entities.c (bsc#1185409) - CVE-2020-24977: Fixed a global-buffer-overflow in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal (bsc#1176179). - CVE-2019-20388: Fixed a memory leak in xmlSchemaPreRun (bsc#1161521). - CVE-2020-7595: Fixed an infinite loop in an EOF situation (bsc#1161517). - CVE-2019-19956: Fixed a memory leak in xmlParseBalancedChunkMemoryRecover (bsc#1159928).

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-202114729-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1159928, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1161517, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1161521, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1176179, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1185408, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1185409, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1185410, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1185698, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0191, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19956, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-20388, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-24977, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-7595, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3516, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3517, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3518, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3537

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libxml2

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.7.6-0.77.36.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Network
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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