52 lines
1.8 KiB
XML
52 lines
1.8 KiB
XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="201207-02">
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<title>libxml2: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
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<synopsis>A off-by-one error in libxml2 could result in execution of
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arbitrary code or Denial of Service.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">libxml2</product>
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<announced>July 09, 2012</announced>
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<revised>July 09, 2012: 1</revised>
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<bug>416209</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="dev-libs/libxml2" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">2.8.0_rc1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">2.8.0_rc1</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>libxml2 is the XML C parser and toolkit developed for the Gnome project.</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>The "xmlXPtrEvalXPtrPart()" function in xpointer.c contains an
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off-by-one error.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>A remote attacker could entice a user or automated system to open a
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specially crafted XML document with an application using libxml2,
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possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service
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condition.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All libxml2 users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libxml2-2.8.0_rc1"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3102">CVE-2011-3102</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata timestamp="Tue, 29 May 2012 22:42:30 +0000" tag="requester">
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underling
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</metadata>
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<metadata timestamp="Mon, 09 Jul 2012 22:09:24 +0000" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata>
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</glsa>
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