glsa-201311-06.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201311-06">
  <title>libxml2: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libxml2, allowing
    remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service. 
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">libxml2</product>
  <announced>2013-11-10</announced>
  <revised count="1">2013-11-10</revised>
  <bug>434344</bug>
  <bug>444836</bug>
  <bug>458430</bug>
  <bug>458740</bug>
  <bug>466238</bug>
  <bug>476438</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-libs/libxml2" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.9.1-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.9.1-r1</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="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted
      document with an application linked against libxml2, possibly resulting
      in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or 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/libxml2-2.9.1-r1"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2871">CVE-2012-2871</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5134">CVE-2012-5134</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0338">CVE-2013-0338</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1664">CVE-2013-1664</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1969">CVE-2013-1969</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2877">CVE-2013-2877</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2012-09-18T19:04:07Z">ackle</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2013-11-10T14:54:33Z">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>