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SUSE-SU-2020:1532-2 Not scored

Security update for libxml2

This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2019-19956: Reverted the upstream fix for this memory leak because it introduced other, more severe vulnerabilities (bsc#1172021).

Exploit probability Not scored
Published July 15, 2020
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 python-libxml2-python
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Python 2 15 SP2 python-libxml2-python

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2020:1532-2

This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2019-19956: Reverted the upstream fix for this memory leak because it introduced other, more severe vulnerabilities (bsc#1172021).

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence