51 lines
1.7 KiB
XML
51 lines
1.7 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="201507-08">
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<title>libxml2: Denial of Service</title>
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<synopsis>A vulnerability in libxml2 allows a remote attacker to cause Denial
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of Service.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">libxml2</product>
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<announced>July 07, 2015</announced>
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<revised>July 07, 2015: 1</revised>
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<bug>546720</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">2.9.2-r1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">2.9.2-r1</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>libxml2 returns the empty string when the allocation limit is
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encountered while constructing the attribute value string.
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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 may be able to cause Denial of Service via a specially
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crafted XML file.
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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/libxml2-2.9.2-r1"
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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-2015-1819">CVE-2015-1819</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 30 Jun 2015 22:35:37 +0000">
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keytoaster
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 07 Jul 2015 07:19:17 +0000">Zlogene</metadata>
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</glsa>
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