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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201701-37">
<title>libxml2: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
<synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libxml2, the worst of
which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">libxml2</product>
<announced>2017-01-16</announced>
<revised count="01">2017-01-16</revised>
<bug>564776</bug>
<bug>566374</bug>
<bug>572878</bug>
<bug>573820</bug>
<bug>577998</bug>
<bug>582538</bug>
<bug>582540</bug>
<bug>583888</bug>
<bug>589816</bug>
<bug>597112</bug>
<bug>597114</bug>
<bug>597116</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="dev-libs/libxml2" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">2.9.4-r1</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">2.9.4-r1</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>libxml2 is the XML (eXtended Markup Language) C parser and toolkit
initially developed for the Gnome project.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libxml2. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>A remote attacker could entice a user or automated system to process a
specially crafted XML document, possibly resulting in execution of
arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service
condition.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>All libxml2 users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-libs/libxml2-2.9.4-r1"
</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1819">CVE-2015-1819</uri>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5312">CVE-2015-5312</uri>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-7497">CVE-2015-7497</uri>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-7498">CVE-2015-7498</uri>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-7499">CVE-2015-7499</uri>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-7500">CVE-2015-7500</uri>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-7941">CVE-2015-7941</uri>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-7942">CVE-2015-7942</uri>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8035">CVE-2015-8035</uri>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8242">CVE-2015-8242</uri>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8806">CVE-2015-8806</uri>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1836">CVE-2016-1836</uri>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1838">CVE-2016-1838</uri>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1839">CVE-2016-1839</uri>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1840">CVE-2016-1840</uri>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2073">CVE-2016-2073</uri>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3627">CVE-2016-3627</uri>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3705">CVE-2016-3705</uri>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4483">CVE-2016-4483</uri>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4658">CVE-2016-4658</uri>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5131">CVE-2016-5131</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2016-11-17T10:31:08Z">b-man</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-01-16T21:14:46Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>