RHSA-2023:4767MediumCVSS 6.1

Red Hat Security Advisory: libxml2 security update

Published
August 28, 2023
Last Modified
August 4, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2016-3709 →

📋 Description

CVE-2016-3709 — libxml2: Incorrect server side include parsing can lead to XSS

🎯 Affected products47

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6)
  • libxml2-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6)
  • libxml2-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6)
  • libxml2-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6)
  • libxml2-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6)
  • libxml2-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6)
  • libxml2-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6)
  • libxml2-devel-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6)
  • libxml2-devel-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The desktop must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this update to take effect.

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