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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2024-25062: libxml2: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2024-25062: libxml2: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/04/2024
Created
02/13/2024
Added
02/12/2024
Modified
02/14/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.11.7 and 2.12.x before 2.12.5. When using the XML Reader interface with DTD validation and XInclude expansion enabled, processing crafted XML documents can lead to an xmlValidatePopElement use-after-free.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-libs-libxml2

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