Source: libxml2 Version: 2.9.4+dfsg1-8 Severity: important Tags: security upstream Control: found -1 2.9.10+dfsg-1 Control: found -1 2.9.4+dfsg1-7 Control: found -1 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2+deb9u2 Control: found -1 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2
Hi, The following vulnerability was published for libxml2. CVE-2020-7595[0]: | xmlStringLenDecodeEntities in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.10 has an | infinite loop in a certain end-of-file situation. At time of writing there is no further other reference available afaics, apart the fixing commit [1], which seem to indicate that the issue is present as well in earlier versions. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-7595 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-7595 [1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/commit/0e1a49c8907645d2e155f0d89d4d9895ac5112b5 Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. Regards, Salvatore
