Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse
Published
2021-06-16 14:06
Modified
2021-06-16 14:06
Summary
Security update for libxml2

Notes

Title of the patch
Security update for libxml2
Description of the patch
This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-3541: Fixed exponential entity expansion attack bypasses all existing protection mechanisms. (bsc#1186015) This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.
Patchnames
openSUSE-2021-886
Terms of use
CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).


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