MGASA-2018-0050
- Source
- https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0050.html
- Import Source
- https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0050.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2018-0050
- Related
- Published
- 2018-01-03T15:50:51Z
- Modified
- 2018-01-03T15:27:23Z
- Summary
- Updated libxml2 packages fix security vulnerability
- Details
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Integer overflow in memory debug code in libxml2 before 2.9.5 (CVE-2017-5130).
It was discovered that libxml2 incorrecty handled certain files. An attacker could use this issue with specially constructed XML data to cause libxml2 to consume resources, leading to a denial of service (CVE-2017-15412).
Wei Lei discovered that libxml2 incorrecty handled certain parameter entities. An attacker could use this issue with specially constructed XML data to cause libxml2 to consume resources, leading to a denial of service (CVE-2017-16932).
The libxml2 package has been updated to version 2.9.7 to fix these issues and several other bugs.
Also, the perl-XML-LibXML package has been updated to version 2.13.200 to allow it to be rebuilt against the updated libxml2.
- References
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- https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0050.html
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22130
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3513-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3504-1/
- Credits
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- Mageia - COORDINATOR
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Affected packages
Mageia:6 / libxml2
Package
- Name
- libxml2
- Purl
- pkg:rpm/mageia/libxml2?distro=mageia-6