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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2988-1 tinyxml -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

30 Apr 2022

Affected Packages:

tinyxml

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2021-42260.

More information:

An issue has been found in tinyxml, a C++ XML parsing library.

Crafted XML messages could lead to an infinite loop in TiXmlParsingData::Stamp(), which results in a denial of service.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.2-4+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your tinyxml packages.

For the detailed security status of tinyxml please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/tinyxml

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