Your message dated Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:52:39 +0000
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and subject line Bug#498768: fixed in libxml2 2.6.27.dfsg-5
has caused the Debian Bug report #498768,
regarding libxml2: does not correctly handle long entity names (CVE-2008-3529)
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Package: libxml2
Version: 2.6.32.dfsg-3
Severity: grave
Tags: security
Justification: user security hole

ubuntu just released a fix for a problem in libxml2 [1].  the issue appears
to currently be reserved [2], but since ubuntu has released a fix, other
distributions need to follow suit soon to limit the window of opportunity 
for attacks.  the description of the problem is

    It was discovered that libxml2 did not correctly handle long entity 
    names.   If a user were tricked into processing a specially crafted XML 
    document, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user 
    privileges or cause the application linked against libxml2 to crash, 
    leading to a denial of service.

this likely affects all releases (stable, testing, and unstable).

thanks for the hard work.

[1] http://lwn.net/Articles/298282/
[2] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3529

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 
'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages libxml2 depends on:
ii  libc6                  2.7-13            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages libxml2 recommends:
ii  xml-core                      0.11       XML infrastructure and XML catalog

libxml2 suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information



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Source: libxml2
Source-Version: 2.6.27.dfsg-5

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
libxml2, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

libxml2-dbg_2.6.27.dfsg-5_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dbg_2.6.27.dfsg-5_amd64.deb
libxml2-dev_2.6.27.dfsg-5_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dev_2.6.27.dfsg-5_amd64.deb
libxml2-doc_2.6.27.dfsg-5_all.deb
  to pool/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-doc_2.6.27.dfsg-5_all.deb
libxml2-utils_2.6.27.dfsg-5_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-utils_2.6.27.dfsg-5_amd64.deb
libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-5.diff.gz
  to pool/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-5.diff.gz
libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-5.dsc
  to pool/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-5.dsc
libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-5_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-5_amd64.deb
python-libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-5_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/libx/libxml2/python-libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-5_amd64.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

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Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated libxml2 package)

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Format: 1.7
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:58:33 +0200
Source: libxml2
Binary: python-libxml2 libxml2-dbg libxml2-utils libxml2-doc libxml2-dev libxml2
Architecture: source amd64 all
Version: 2.6.27.dfsg-5
Distribution: stable-security
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian XML/SGML Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Changed-By: Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description: 
 libxml2    - GNOME XML library
 libxml2-dbg - Debugging symbols for the GNOME XML library
 libxml2-dev - Development files for the GNOME XML library
 libxml2-doc - Documentation for the GNOME XML library
 libxml2-utils - XML utilities
 python-libxml2 - Python bindings for the GNOME XML library
Closes: 498768
Changes: 
 libxml2 (2.6.27.dfsg-5) stable-security; urgency=low
 .
   * Fix regressions due to previous security fixes. Fixes: CVE-2008-3529.
     Closes: #498768.
Files: 
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