CVE-2020-24977
Published: 04 September 2020
GNOME project libxml2 v2.9.10 has a global buffer over-read vulnerability in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal at libxml2/entities.c. The issue has been fixed in commit 50f06b3e.
Priority
Low
CVSS 3 base score: 6.5
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
libxml2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(2.9.10+dfsg-6.2)
|
| Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri) |
Not vulnerable
(2.9.10+dfsg-6.3build2)
|
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| Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) |
Not vulnerable
(2.9.10+dfsg-6.3build2)
|
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Released
(2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Released
(2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.4)
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+esm1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Released
(2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm2)
|
|
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Patches: Upstream: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/50f06b3efb638efb0abd95dc62dca05ae67882c2 |
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Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | only affects xmllint contrary to description, not fixed in 8e7c20a1 |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-24977
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4991-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian