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| author |   Alex Legler <alex@a3li.li> | 2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100 |
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| committer | Alex Legler <alex@a3li.li> | 2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100 |
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diff --git a/glsa-201409-08.xml b/glsa-201409-08.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..24a30ef8 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-201409-08.xml @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="201409-08"> + <title>libxml2: Denial of Service</title> + <synopsis>A vulnerability in libxml2 allows a remote attacker to cause Denial + of Service. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">libxml2</product> + <announced>September 19, 2014</announced> + <revised>September 19, 2014: 1</revised> + <bug>509834</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="dev-libs/libxml2" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.9.1-r4</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">2.9.1-r4</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p>libxml2 is the XML C parser and toolkit developed for the Gnome project.</p> + </background> + <description> + <p>A vulnerability in the xmlParserHandlePEReference() function of + parser.c, when expanding entity references, can be exploited to consume + large amounts of memory and cause a crash or hang. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p>A remote attacker may be able to cause Denial of Service via a specially + crafted XML file containing malicious attributes. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p>All libxml2 users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> + + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libxml2-2.9.1-r4" + </code> + + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0191">CVE-2014-0191</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 17 Jun 2014 21:06:15 +0000"> + BlueKnight + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 19 Sep 2014 18:56:04 +0000">K_F</metadata> +</glsa> |