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Mageia 7 Security Advisory: MGASA-2020-0271 for Libxml2 Memory Leak

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Calendar Grey July 4, 2020
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Mageia 2020-0272 introduces an essential OpenSSL security patch that addresses vulnerabilities and mitigates performance-related problems.
Updated libxml2 packages fix security vulnerability: The fix for CVE-2019-19956 introduced regressions which can cause invalid xmlns references in output and memory leaks, possibl...

Summary

Updated libxml2 packages fix security vulnerability:
The fix for CVE-2019-19956 introduced regressions which can cause invalid xmlns references in output and memory leaks, possibly leading to more serious security issues. The broken fix has been reverted.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26753

- - https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0020.html

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19956

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue memory leak regressions fix libxml2 Mageia

Resolution

SRPMS

- 7/core/libxml2-2.9.9-2.4.mga7

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Publication date: 04 Jul 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0271.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-19956

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue memory leak regressions fix libxml2 Mageia

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