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High ELSA-2026-8578 2 CVEs

Important: perl-XML-Parser security update (Oracle Linux 7)

Published May 5, 2026 · Updated May 5, 2026

Ecosystem: Oracle Linux

Summary

[2.41-10.0.3]
- Security update for CVE-2006-10002 and CVE-2006-10003 [Orabug: 39220442]

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 7 perl-XML-Parser 0:2.41-10.0.3.el7_9

Vulnerabilities 2

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2006-10002

    XML::Parser versions through 2.45 for Perl could overflow the pre-allocated buffer size cause a heap corruption (double free or corruption) and crashes

    XML::Parser versions through 2.45 for Perl could overflow the pre-allocated buffer size cause a heap corruption (double free or corruption) and crashes. A :utf8 PerlIO layer, parse_stream() in Expat.xs could overflow the XML input buffer because Perl's read()…

    TODDR XML::Parser libxml-parser-perl libxml-parser-perl Debian Ubuntu
  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2006-10003

    XML::Parser versions through 2.47 for Perl has an off-by-one heap buffer overflow in st_serial_stack

    XML::Parser versions through 2.47 for Perl has an off-by-one heap buffer overflow in st_serial_stack. In the case (stackptr == stacksize - 1), the stack will NOT be expanded. Then the new value will be written at location (++stackptr), which equals stacksize …

    TODDR XML::Parser libxml-parser-perl libxml-parser-perl Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux