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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-201110-26.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="/xsl/glsa.xsl"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="/xsl/guide.xsl"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201110-26">
<title>libxml2: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
<synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities were found in libxml2 which could lead to
execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">libxml2</product>
<announced>October 26, 2011</announced>
<revised>October 26, 2011: 1</revised>
<bug>345555</bug>
<bug>370715</bug>
<bug>386985</bug>
<access>local, remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="dev-libs/libxml2" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">2.7.8-r3</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">2.7.8-r3</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>libxml2 is the XML C parser and toolkit 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="high">
<p>A local or remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with
the privileges of the application or cause a Denial of Service.
</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-r3"
</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-4008">CVE-2010-4008</uri>
<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-4494">CVE-2010-4494</uri>
<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1944">CVE-2011-1944</uri>
<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2821">CVE-2011-2821</uri>
<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2834">CVE-2011-2834</uri>
</references>
<metadata timestamp="Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:37:45 +0000" tag="requester">
underling
</metadata>
<metadata timestamp="Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:50:29 +0000" tag="submitter">
underling
</metadata>
</glsa>