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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2021.0002
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2021-0002)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2021-0002 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2021-0002 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
libxml2 v2.9.10 and earlier has a global Buffer Overflow vulnerability in
xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal at libxml2/entities.c (CVE-2020-24977).

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

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.4

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-24977
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200924-0001/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J3ICASXZI2UQYFJAOQWHSTNWGED3VXOE/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2NQ5GTDYOVH26PBCPYXXMGW5ZZXWMGZC/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RIQAMBA2IJUTQG5VOP5LZVIZRNCKXHEQ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H3IQ7OQXBKWD3YP7HO6KCNOMLE5ZO2IR/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ENEHQIBMSI6TZVS35Y6I4FCTYUQDLJVP/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O7MEWYKIKMV2SKMGH4IDWVU3ZGJXBCPQ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/674LQPJO2P2XTBTREFR5LOZMBTZ4PZAY/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7KQXOHIE3MNY3VQXEN7LDQUJNIHOVHAW/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JCHXIWR5DHYO3RSO7RAHEC6VJKXD2EH2/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5KTUAGDLEHTH6HU66HBFAFTSQ3OKRAN3/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/50f06b3efb638efb0abd95dc62dca05ae67882c2
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/178
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772@%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:1430 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00036.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:1465 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00061.html
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