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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200801-20 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: libxml2: Denial of Service |
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Date: January 30, 2008 |
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Bugs: #202628 |
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ID: 200801-20 |
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Synopsis |
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A Denial of Service vulnerability has been reported in libxml2. |
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Background |
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libxml2 is the XML (eXtended Markup Language) C parser and toolkit |
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initially developed for the Gnome project. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 dev-libs/libxml2 < 2.6.30-r1 >= 2.6.30-r1 |
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Description |
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Brad Fitzpatrick reported that the xmlCurrentChar() function does not |
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properly handle some UTF-8 multibyte encodings. |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted XML |
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document with an application using libxml2, possibly resulting in a |
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high CPU consumption. Note that this vulnerability could also be |
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triggered without user interaction by an automated system processing |
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XML content. |
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Workaround |
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========== |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All libxml2 users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libxml2-2.6.30-r1" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2007-6284 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6284 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-20.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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