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Fedora 40: 2024-08e01e9f2f Moderate: Libxml2 Buffer Over-read Fix

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Calendar Grey May 23, 2024
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora 40's libxml2 patch resolves a buffer overflow vulnerability, bolstering system security with the release of version 2.12.7.
Update to 2.12.7 Fix CVE-2024-34459.

Summary

This library allows to manipulate XML files. It includes support

to read, modify and write XML and HTML files. There is DTDs support

this includes parsing and validation even with complex DtDs, either

at parse time or later once the document has been modified. The output

can be a simple SAX stream or and in-memory DOM like representations.

In this case one can use the built-in XPath and XPointer implementation

to select sub nodes or ranges. A flexible Input/Output mechanism is

available, with existing HTTP and FTP modules and combined to an

URI library.

Update Information:

Update to 2.12.7 Fix CVE-2024-34459.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory software update Fedora security fix libxml2 buffer over-read

Change Log

* Thu May 16 2024 David King - 2.12.7-1 - Update to 2.12.7 (#2280532)

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2280532 - CVE-2024-34459 libxml2: buffer over-read in xmlHTMLPrintFileContext in xmllint.c https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2280532

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-08e01e9f2f' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

Name: libxml2
Product: Fedora 40
Version: 2.12.7
Release: 1.fc40
URL:
Summary: Library providing XML and HTML support

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update Fedora security fix libxml2 buffer over-read

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