MGASA-2016-0263

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Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0263.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0263.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2016-0263
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Published
2016-07-26T21:59:16Z
Modified
2016-07-26T21:50:58Z
Summary
Updated libxml2 packages fix security vulnerability
Details

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libxml2 parsed certain crafted XML input. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XML file that, when opened in an application linked against libxml2, would cause the application to crash or execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application (CVE-2016-1834, CVE-2016-1840).

Multiple denial of service flaws were found in libxml2. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XML file that, when processed by an application using libxml2, could cause that application to crash (CVE-2016-1762, CVE-2016-1833, CVE-2016-1835, CVE-2016-1836, CVE-2016-1837, CVE-2016-1838, CVE-2016-1839, CVE-2015-8806, CVE-2016-2073, CVE-2016-4483, CVE-2016-4447, CVE-2016-4448, CVE-2016-4449).

The libxml2 package has been updated to version 2.9.4, fixing these issues and other bugs.

References
Credits

Affected packages

Mageia:5 / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/libxml2?distro=mageia-5

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.4-1.1.mga5

Ecosystem specific 

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    "section": "core"
}