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Asymmetric denial of service - ReDoS In libxmljs

Description

libxmljs has segmentation fault, potentially leading to a denial-of-service (DoS) A vulnerability exists in the libxmljs 1.0.11 when parsing a specially crafted XML document. Accessing the internal _ref property on entity_ref and entity_decl nodes causes a segmentation fault, potentially leading to a denial-of-service (DoS).

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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