Mageia 7 & 8: 2021-0232 Moderate: Libxml2 Exponential Entity Expansion
mageia
June 8, 2021
Exponential entity expansion attack bypasses all existing protection mechanisms
Summary
Exponential entity expansion attack bypasses all existing protection mechanisms. (CVE-2021-3541).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29039
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/NYSYJVWYEQHFG2TBIQJRJ5COUR5LNFJJ/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00024.html
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3541
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 8/core/libxml2-2.9.10-7.2.mga8
- 7/core/libxml2-2.9.9-2.7.mga7
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Publication date: 08 Jun 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0232.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-3541
Topics Covered
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