{"id":"RLSA-2021:1597","summary":"Moderate: libxml2 security update","details":"The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the implementation of various XML standards.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* libxml2: Buffer overflow vulnerability in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal() in entities.c (CVE-2020-24977)\n\nFor 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.\n\nAdditional Changes:\n\nFor detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.","modified":"2026-03-11T05:58:40.697441Z","published":"2021-05-18T05:36:57Z","upstream":["CVE-2020-24977"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2021:1597"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1877788"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libxml2","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/libxml2?distro=rocky-linux-8-4-legacy&epoch=0"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.9.7-9.el8"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"BaseOS"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2021:1597.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L"}],"credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}