[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: libxml2-2.9.10-7.fc33
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2020-dd2fc19b78
2020-09-25 16:31:57.896167
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Name : libxml2
Product : Fedora 33
Version : 2.9.10
Release : 7.fc33
URL : http://xmlsoft.org/
Summary : Library providing XML and HTML support
Description :
This library allows to manipulate XML files. It includes support
to read, modify and write XML and HTML files. There is DTDs support
this includes parsing and validation even with complex DtDs, either
at parse time or later once the document has been modified. The output
can be a simple SAX stream or and in-memory DOM like representations.
In this case one can use the built-in XPath and XPointer implementation
to select sub nodes or ranges. A flexible Input/Output mechanism is
available, with existing HTTP and FTP modules and combined to an
URI library.
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Update Information:
Add fix for CVE-2020-24977 (RHBZ#1877788).
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ChangeLog:
* Fri Sep 11 2020 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones(a)redhat.com> - 2.9.10-7
- Add fix for CVE-2020-24977 (RHBZ#1877788).
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1880768 - libxml2 in F33 has lower version than in F32, breaks upgrade to
F33
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1880768
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