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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201209-06 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Expat: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: September 24, 2012 |
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Bugs: #280615, #303727, #407519 |
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ID: 201209-06 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Expat, possibly resulting |
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in Denial of Service. |
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Background |
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Expat is a set of XML parsing libraries. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 dev-libs/expat < 2.1.0_beta3 >= 2.1.0_beta3 |
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Description |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Expat. Please review |
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the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. |
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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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file in an application linked against Expat, possibly resulting in a |
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Denial of Service condition. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All Expat users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/expat-2.1.0_beta3" |
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Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools |
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such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these |
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packages. |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2009-3560 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-3560 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2009-3720 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-3720 |
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[ 3 ] CVE-2012-0876 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0876 |
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[ 4 ] CVE-2012-1147 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1147 |
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[ 5 ] CVE-2012-1148 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1148 |
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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-201209-06.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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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2012 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 |