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libxml2: Buffer overflow vulnerability in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal() in entities.c

🗓️ 18 May 2021 14:40:48Reported by RedHatType 
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libxml2 has a global buffer over-read in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal(), fixed in commit 50f06b3e.

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