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GCVE-110-MAGEIA-2018-50

GCVE-110-MAGEIA-2018-50
Advisory Published
Vulnetix · Advisory published January 3, 2018
Integer overflow in memory debug code in libxml2 before 2.9.5 (CVE-2017-5130). It was discovered that libxml2 incorrecty handled certain files. An attacker could use this issue with specially constructed XML data to cause libxml2 to consume resources, leading to a denial of service (CVE-2017-15412). Wei Lei discovered that libxml2 incorrecty handled certain parameter entities. An attacker could use this issue with specially constructed XML data to cause libxml2 to consume resources, leading to a denial of service (CVE-2017-16932). The libxml2 package has been updated to version 2.9.7 to fix these issues and several other bugs. Also, the perl-XML-LibXML package has been updated to version 2.13.200 to allow it to be rebuilt against the updated libxml2.

Affected Products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Mageialibxml22.9.7-1.mga6 (unaffected), 0 (affected), 0 (affected), 2.9.7-1.mga6 (unaffected)
Mageiavoxelands0 (affected), 1709.00-1.mga6 (unaffected)

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