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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.883387
Category:CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:CentOS: Security Advisory for libxml2 (CESA-2020:3996)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxml2'; package(s) announced via the CESA-2020:3996 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxml2'
package(s) announced via the CESA-2020:3996 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the implementation
of various XML standards.

Security Fix(es):

* libxml2: memory leak in xmlParseBalancedChunkMemoryRecover in parser.c
(CVE-2019-19956)

* libxml2: memory leak in xmlSchemaPreRun in xmlschemas.c (CVE-2019-20388)

* libxml2: infinite loop in xmlStringLenDecodeEntities in some end-of-file
situations (CVE-2020-7595)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Affected Software/OS:
'libxml2' package(s) on CentOS 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-19956
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200114-0002/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5R55ZR52RMBX24TQTWHCIWKJVRV6YAWI/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JDPF3AAVKUAKDYFMFKSIQSVVS3EEFPQH/
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/commit/5a02583c7e683896d84878bd90641d8d9b0d0549
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00032.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:0681 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00047.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:0781 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00005.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4274-1/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-20388
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200702-0005/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/545SPOI3ZPPNPX4TFRIVE4JVRTJRKULL/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-04
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/merge_requests/68
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-7595
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-292794.pdf
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-103-08
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/commit/0e1a49c89076
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