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Fedora 31: FEDORA-2020-41fe1680f6 critical: libxml2 Memory Leak

Fix CVE-2019-20388 and CVE-2020-7595. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2020-41fe1680f6 2020-02-15 02:16:41.134825 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name : libxml2 Product : Fedora 31 Version : 2.9.10 Release : 3.fc31 URL : Summary : Library providing XML and HTML support Description : 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: Fix CVE-2019-20388 and CVE-2020-7595 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------ChangeLog: * Mon Feb 10 2020 David King - 2.9.10-3 - Fix CVE-2019-20388 (#1799736) - Fix CVE-2020-7595 (#1799786) * Fri Jan 3 2020 Jan Pokorny - 2.9.10-2 - Fix relaxed approach to nested documents on object disposal (#1780573) * Fri Nov 8 2019 David King - 2.9.10-1 - Update to 2.9.10 (#1767151) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------References: [ 1 ] Bug #1799787 - CVE-2020-7595 libxml2: infinite loop in a certain end-of-file situation [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1799787 [ 2 ] Bug #1799736 - CVE-2019-20388 libxml2: memory leak in xmlSchemaPreRun in xmlschemas.c [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1799736 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2020-41fe1680f6' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at --------------------------------------------------------------------------------_______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./ . Address memory leak and infinite loop issues in libxml2 on Fedora 31 by updating libxml2, applying patches, and managing memory effectively. Fedora 31, libxml2, security update, memory leak, infinite loop. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Feb 14, 2020 •Critical Fedora