| Description: | Description:
The remote host is missing an update to libxml
announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-8594.
This library allows old Gnome-1 applications to manipulate XML files.
Update Information:
This update includes patches from RHEL-3 addressing a number of security
vulnerabilities:
- CVE-2004-0110 (arbitrary code execution via a long URL)
- CVE-2004-0989 (arbitrary code execution via a long URL)
- CVE-2009-2414 (stack consumption DoS vulnerabilities)
- CVE-2009-2416 (use-after-free DoS vulnerabilities)
ChangeLog:
* Wed Aug 12 2009 Paul Howarth 1:1.8.17-24
- renumber existing patches to free up low-numbered patches for EL-3 patches
- add patch for CAN-2004-0110 and CAN-2004-0989 (#139090)
- add patch for CVE-2009-2414 and CVE-2009-2416 (#515195, #515205)
* Sat Jul 25 2009 Fedora Release Engineering 1:1.8.17-23
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Mass_Rebuild
* Mon Apr 20 2009 Paul Howarth 1:1.8.17-22
- rebuild for %{_isa} provides/requires
* Wed Feb 25 2009 Fedora Release Engineering 1:1.8.17-21
- rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild
References:
[ 1 ] Bug #430644 - CVE-2004-0110 libxml2 long URL causes SEGV
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=430644
[ 2 ] Bug #430645 - CVE-2004-0989 libxml2 various overflows
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=430645
[ 3 ] Bug #515195 - CVE-2009-2414 libxml, libxml2: Stack overflow by parsing root XML element DTD definition
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515195
[ 4 ] Bug #515205 - CVE-2009-2416 libxml, libxml2: Pointer use-after-free flaws by parsing Notation and Enumeration attribute types
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515205
Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.
This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update libxml' at the command line.
For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum,
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2009-8594
CVSS Score:
10.0
CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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