ELA-1176-1 libxml2 security update

two vulnerabilities

2024-09-07
Packagelibxml2
Version2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u16 (jessie), 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2+deb9u11 (stretch), 2.9.4+dfsg1-7+deb10u7 (buster)
Related CVEs CVE-2016-3709 CVE-2022-2309


Two vulnerabilities have been fixed in the XML library libxml2.

CVE-2016-3709 (buster)

HTML 4 parser cross-site scripting

CVE-2022-2309

Parser NULL pointer dereference


For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version 2.9.4+dfsg1-7+deb10u7.

For Debian 8 jessie, these problems have been fixed in version 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u16.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2+deb9u11.

We recommend that you upgrade your libxml2 packages.

Further information about Extended LTS security advisories can be found in the dedicated section of our website.