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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3952-1 (libxml2 - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in libxml2, a library providing support to read, modify and write XML and HTML files. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XML or HTML file that, when processed by an application using libxml2, would cause a denial-of-service against the application, information leaks, or potentially, the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
Affected Software
Affected Software
libxml2 on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u5. For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2+deb9u1. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 2.9.4+dfsg1-3.1. We recommend that you upgrade your libxml2 packages.