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CentOS Update for libxml2 CESA-2014:1655 centos7
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Check the version of libxml2
Insight
Insight
The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the implementation of various XML standards. A denial of service flaw was found in libxml2, a library providing support to read, modify and write XML and HTML files. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XML file that, when processed by an application using libxml2, would lead to excessive CPU consumption (denial of service) based on excessive entity substitutions, even if entity substitution was disabled, which is the parser default behavior. (CVE-2014-3660) All libxml2 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. The desktop must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this update to take effect.
Affected Software
Affected Software
libxml2 on CentOS 7
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Please install the updated packages.