Detections
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MiracleLinux 8 : libxml2-2.9.7-8.el8 (AXSA:2020-1001:04)
high Nessus Plugin ID 293860
Synopsis
The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2020-1001:04 advisory.* libxml2: memory leak in xmlParseBalancedChunkMemoryRecover in parser.c (CVE-2019-19956)
* libxml2: memory leak in xmlSchemaPreRun in xmlschemas.c (CVE-2019-20388)
* libxml2: infinite loop in xmlStringLenDecodeEntities in some end-of-file situations (CVE-2020-7595)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected libxml2, libxml2-devel and / or python3-libxml2 packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 293860
File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2020-1001.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 1/20/2026
Updated: 1/20/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-7595
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libxml2-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libxml2, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:python3-libxml2
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/20/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/24/2019