CVE-2021-32796 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2021-32796: xmldom is an open source pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) DOMParser and XMLSerializer module. xmldom versions 0.6.0 and older do not correctly escape special characters when serializing elements removed from their ancestor. This may lead to unexpected syntactic changes durin

Affects 2 Linux releases across 2 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2021-32796 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

node-xmldom→ fixed in0.7.3-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y node-xmldom
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

node-xmldom→ fixed in0.7.3-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y node-xmldom
```

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