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Fix CVE(s): CVE-2026-11979
Type: advisorySources: OSV
* SECURITY UPDATE: buffer overflow in xmlcatalog --shell interactive mode - debian/patches/CVE-2026-11979.patch: add overflow checks for large commands, args and argv in usershell() in xmlcatalog.c - CVE-2026-11979
- Products
- libxml2, libxml2-dev, libxml2-doc, libxml2-utils, python-libxml2
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+tuxcare.els14
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-11979
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 11:08 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
* SECURITY UPDATE: buffer overflow in xmlcatalog --shell interactive mode - debian/patches/CVE-2026-11979.patch: add overflow checks for large commands, args and argv in usershell() in xmlcatalog.c - CVE-2026-11979
osv:CLSA-2026-1783076452
libxml2
Fixed versions: 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+tuxcare.els14
libxml2-dev
Fixed versions: 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+tuxcare.els14
libxml2-doc
Fixed versions: 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+tuxcare.els14
libxml2-utils
Fixed versions: 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+tuxcare.els14
python-libxml2
Fixed versions: 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+tuxcare.els14
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-26T09:31:46.801698665Z",
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