CVE-2020-24977

Summary

CVECVE-2020-24977
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-09-04 00:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:20:00 UTC
DescriptionGNOME project libxml2 v2.9.10 has a global buffer over-read vulnerability in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal at libxml2/entities.c. The issue has been fixed in commit 50f06b3e.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager All All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager All All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager All All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager All All All All
Application Netapp Clustered Data Ontap - All All All
Application Netapp Clustered Data Ontap - All All All
Application Netapp Clustered Data Ontap Antivirus Connector - All All All
Application Netapp Clustered Data Ontap Antivirus Connector - All All All
Hardware Netapp Hci H410c - All All All
Hardware Netapp Hci H410c - All All All
Operating System Netapp Hci H410c Firmware - All All All
Operating System Netapp Hci H410c Firmware - All All All
Application Netapp Inventory Collect Tool - All All All
Application Netapp Inventory Collect Tool - All All All
Application Netapp Manageability Software Development Kit - All All All
Application Netapp Manageability Software Development Kit - All All All
Application Netapp Snapdrive - All All All
Application Netapp Snapdrive - All All All
Application Netapp Snapdrive - All All All
Application Netapp Snapdrive - All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.2 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Network Function Cloud Native Environment 1.10.0 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Manager Base Platform 13.4.0.0 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Manager Base Platform 13.5.0.0 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12.4.0.0 All All All
Application Oracle Http Server 12.2.1.3.0 All All All
Application Oracle Http Server 12.2.1.4.0 All All All
Application Oracle Mysql Workbench All All All All
Application Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools 8.58 All All All
Application Oracle Real User Experience Insight 13.4.1.0 All All All
Application Oracle Real User Experience Insight 13.5.1.0 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.9.10 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.9.10 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 2369-1] libxml2 security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
xmllint: global-buffer-overflow in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal (#178) · Issues · GNOME / libxml2 · GitLab MISC gitlab.gnome.org Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: mingw-libxml2-2.9.10-8.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Fix out-of-bounds read with 'xmllint --htmlout' (50f06b3e) · Commits · GNOME / libxml2 · GitLab MISC gitlab.gnome.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: mingw-libxml2-2.9.10-3.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: mingw-libxml2-2.9.10-8.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: mingw-libxml2-2.9.10-3.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: mingw-libxml2-2.9.10-8.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2022 MISC www.oracle.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: libxml2-2.9.10-4.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: mingw-libxml2-2.9.10-3.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1465-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: libxml2-2.9.10-7.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: libxml2-2.9.10-8.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2021 MISC www.oracle.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: libxml2-2.9.10-7.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
libxml2: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202107-05) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: libxml2-2.9.10-8.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: mingw-libxml2-2.9.10-3.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: mingw-libxml2-2.9.10-3.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: libxml2-2.9.10-4.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: libxml2-2.9.10-8.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: libxml2-2.9.10-8.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: mingw-libxml2-2.9.10-3.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: libxml2-2.9.10-7.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: libxml2-2.9.10-7.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: mingw-libxml2-2.9.10-8.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1430-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[mina-dev] 20210225 [jira] [Created] (FTPSERVER-500) Security vulnerability in common/lib/log4j-1.2.17.jar lists.apache.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2022 N/A www.oracle.com
CVE-2020-24977 Libxml2 Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159191 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for libxml2 (ELSA-2021-1597)
  • 198409 Ubuntu Security Notification for libxml2 vulnerabilities (USN-4991-1)
  • 239333 Red Hat Update for libxml2 (RHSA-2021:1597)
  • 296065 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 39.107.1 Missing (CPUOCT2021)
  • 352392 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for libxml2: ALAS2-2021-1662
  • 354929 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for libxml2 : ALAS-2023-1743
  • 376204 Mysql Workbench Critical Patch Update Oct 2021
  • 376550 Oracle Hypertext Transfer Protocol Server (HTTP Server) Multiple Vulnerabilities (CPUAPR2022)
  • 377365 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for libxml2 (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0018)
  • 377648 Oracle Hypertext Transfer Protocol Server (HTTP Server) Multiple Vulnerabilities(CPUOCT2022)
  • 500341 Alpine Linux Security Update for libxml2
  • 504105 Alpine Linux Security Update for libxml2
  • 591018 Hitachi Energy RTU500 series Multiple Vulnerabilities (ICSA-21-336-08)
  • 591406 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU GNU/Linux subsystem Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSB-439005, ICSA-22-104-13)
  • 690499 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for libxml (f5abafc0-fcf6-11ea-8758-e0d55e2a8bf9)
  • 710071 Gentoo Linux libxml2 Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202107-05)
  • 900193 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for libxml2 2.9.10
  • 903434 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for libxml2 (2189)
  • 940082 AlmaLinux Security Update for libxml2 (ALSA-2021:1597)
  • 960858 Rocky Linux Security Update for libxml2 (RLSA-2021:1597)
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