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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201203-04">
<title>libxml2: Denial of Service</title>
<synopsis>A hash collision vulnerability in libxml2 allows remote attackers
to cause a Denial of Service condition.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">libxml2</product>
<announced>2012-03-06</announced>
<revised count="1">2012-03-06</revised>
<bug>405261</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="dev-libs/libxml2" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">2.7.8-r5</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">2.7.8-r5</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>libxml2 is the XML C parser and toolkit developed for the Gnome project.</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>libxml2 does not properly randomize hash functions to protect against
hash collision attacks.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>A remote attacker could entice a user or automated system to open a
specially crafted XML document with an application using libxml2
resulting in 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/libxml2-2.7.8-r5"
</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0841">CVE-2012-0841</uri>
</references>
<metadata timestamp="2012-03-04T20:55:53Z" tag="requester">ackle</metadata>
<metadata timestamp="2012-03-06T01:04:40Z" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>