pinkbyte 14/12/10 09:48:58 Added: glsa-201412-06.xml Log: GLSA 201412-06
Revision Changes Path 1.1 xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201412-06.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201412-06.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201412-06.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain Index: glsa-201412-06.xml =================================================================== <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> <?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd";> <glsa id="201412-06"> <title>libxml2: Denial of Service</title> <synopsis>A vulnerability in libxml2 could result in Denial of Service.</synopsis> <product type="ebuild">libxml2</product> <announced>December 10, 2014</announced> <revised>December 10, 2014: 1</revised> <bug>525656</bug> <access>local, remote</access> <affected> <package name="dev-libs/libxml2" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">2.9.2</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">2.9.2</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>libxml2 is the XML C parser and toolkit developed for the Gnome project.</p> </background> <description> <p>parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.2 does not properly prevent entity expansion even when entity substitution has been disabled. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A context-dependent attacker could entice a user to a specially crafted XML file using an application linked against libxml2, possibly 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 ">=dev-libs/libxml2-2.9.2" </code> <p>Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying these packages. </p> </resolution> <references> <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3660";>CVE-2014-3660</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 09 Dec 2014 18:18:43 +0000">K_F</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 10 Dec 2014 08:06:04 +0000">K_F</metadata> </glsa>
