Mageia alert MGASA-2023-0279 (libxml2)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2023-0279: Updated libxml2 packages fix a security vulnerability
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Sat, 30 Sep 2023 21:17:54 +0200
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Article
MGASA-2023-0279 - Updated libxml2 packages fix a security vulnerability

Publication date: 30 Sep 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0279.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8, 9
CVE: CVE-2023-39615

Description:
The updated packages fix a security vulnerability:

Libxml2 v2.11.0 was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds read via the xmlSAX2StartElement()
function at /libxml2/SAX2.c. This vulnerability
allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a
crafted XML file. (CVE-2023-39615).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32304
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-3...
- https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/202...
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-3...

SRPMS:
- 8/core/libxml2-2.9.10-7.8.mga8
- 9/core/libxml2-2.10.4-1.1.mga9