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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2521-1 (libxml2)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
11 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to libxml2 announced via advisory DSA 2521-1.
Insight
Insight
Jueri Aedla discovered several integer overflows in libxml, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze5. For the testing distribution (wheezy) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.0+dfsg1-5.
Solution
Solution
We recommend that you upgrade your libxml2 packages.