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[staging-20.09] libxml2: fix CVE-2020-24977 #105171

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Motivation for this change

Fixes an out-of-bounds read when using xmllint with the --htmlout
parameter.

Fixes: CVE-2020-24977
(cherry picked from commit ab61f16)

Backport #105088

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libxml2: fix CVE-2020-24977
94b18a5 
Fixes an out-of-bounds read when using xmllint with the --htmlout
parameter.

Fixes: CVE-2020-24977
(cherry picked from commit ab61f16)
@mweinelt mweinelt added the 1.severity: security Issues which raise a security issue, or PRs that fix one label Nov 27, 2020
@mweinelt mweinelt changed the title libxml2: fix CVE-2020-24977 [staging-20.09] libxml2: fix CVE-2020-24977 Nov 27, 2020
@ofborg ofborg bot added the 10.rebuild-darwin-stdenv This PR causes stdenv to rebuild label Nov 27, 2020
@ofborg ofborg bot requested a review from edolstra November 27, 2020 20:17
@mweinelt mweinelt merged commit 311d91b into NixOS:staging-20.09 Nov 27, 2020
@mweinelt mweinelt deleted the 20.09/libxml2 branch November 27, 2020 20:37
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