{"id":"RLSA-2023:0173","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: integer overflows with XML_PARSE_HUGE (CVE-2022-40303)\n\n* libxml2: dict corruption caused by entity reference cycles (CVE-2022-40304)\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.","modified":"2026-03-11T06:19:27.316130Z","published":"2023-01-16T09:03:23Z","upstream":["CVE-2022-40303","CVE-2022-40304"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:0173"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2136266"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2136288"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libxml2","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/libxml2?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=0"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.9.7-15.el8_7.1"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"BaseOS"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2023:0173.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:N/I:L/A:H"}],"credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}