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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2479-1 (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
2 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to libxml2 announced via advisory DSA 2479-1.
Insight
Insight
Jueri Aedla discovered an off-by-one in libxml2, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze4. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.8.dfsg-9.1.
Solution
Solution
We recommend that you upgrade your libxml2 packages.