Security Vulnerabilities fixed in libxml2 RHSA-2023:0173

Description

The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the implementation of various XML standards. Security Fix(es): libxml2: integer overflows with XML_PARSE_HUGE (CVE-2022-40303) libxml2: dict corruption caused by entity reference cycles (CVE-2022-40304) libxml2: integer overflows with XML_PARSE_HUGE (CVE-2022-40303) libxml2: dict corruption caused by entity reference cycles (CVE-2022-40304) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. SolutionFor details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The desktop must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this update to take effect.

Affected Applications

libxml2

CVE References

CVE-2022-40303 CVE-2022-40304

Other References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0173