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Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-11029 (expat)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to expat announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-11029.
Insight
Insight
Update Information: This update fixes a security vulnerability: A buffer over-read flaw was found in the way Expat handles malformed UTF-8 sequences when processing XML files. A specially-crafted XML file could cause applications using Expat to crash while parsing the file. (CVE-2009-3720) ChangeLog: * Fri Oct 30 2009 Joe Orton - 2.0.1-5.1 - add security fix for CVE-2009-3720
Solution
Solution
Apply the appropriate updates. This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use su -c 'yum update expat' 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-2009-11029