Mageia alert MGASA-2021-0232 (libxml2)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2021-0232: Updated libxml2 packages fix a security vulnerability
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Tue, 08 Jun 2021 16:34:11 +0200
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Article
MGASA-2021-0232 - Updated libxml2 packages fix a security vulnerability

Publication date: 08 Jun 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0232.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7, 8
CVE: CVE-2021-3541

Description:
Exponential entity expansion attack bypasses all existing protection mechanisms. (CVE-2021-3541).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29039
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-ann...
- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2021/dla-2669
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3541

SRPMS:
- 8/core/libxml2-2.9.10-7.2.mga8
- 7/core/libxml2-2.9.9-2.7.mga7