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Google: dev-libs/libxml2: security update to 17162.40.42

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 454838

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. Certain invalid XML entity definitions can corrupt a
 hash table key, potentially leading to subsequent logic errors. In one case, a double-free can be
 provoked. (CVE-2022-40304)

Solution

Update the dev-libs/libxml2 library and its related packages to version 17162.40.42 or later.

See Also

https://storage.googleapis.com/cos-oval-vulnerability-feed/cos-101.oval.xml.tar.gz

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 454838

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: HIGH

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-40304

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/20/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-40304