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Mageia 8 MGASA-2022-0084 Critical Security Issue in Libxml2

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Calendar Grey March 6, 2022
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Newly patched libxml2 versions address a critical security vulnerability, specifically a use-after-free exploit affecting Mageia Linux. Check out the specifics of the remedial action taken.
valid.c in libxml2 before 2.9.13 has a use-after-free of ID and IDREF attributes

Summary

valid.c in libxml2 before 2.9.13 has a use-after-free of ID and IDREF attributes. (CVE-2022-23308)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30094

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/MVLDYFVW63Y6ZSHIC6VGRIM6UJ6XLSR4/

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23308

Resolution

SRPMS

- 8/core/libxml2-2.9.10-7.3.mga8

Severity
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Publication date: 06 Mar 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0084.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2022-23308

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