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diff --git a/glsa-200801-20.xml b/glsa-200801-20.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7923a4aa --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200801-20.xml @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200801-20"> + <title>libxml2: Denial of Service</title> + <synopsis> + A Denial of Service vulnerability has been reported in libxml2. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">libxml2</product> + <announced>January 30, 2008</announced> + <revised>January 30, 2008: 01</revised> + <bug>202628</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="dev-libs/libxml2" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.6.30-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">2.6.30-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + libxml2 is the XML (eXtended Markup Language) C parser and toolkit + initially developed for the Gnome project. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Brad Fitzpatrick reported that the xmlCurrentChar() function does not + properly handle some UTF-8 multibyte encodings. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted XML + document with an application using libxml2, possibly resulting in a + high CPU consumption. Note that this vulnerability could also be + triggered without user interaction by an automated system processing + XML content. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All libxml2 users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libxml2-2.6.30-r1"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6284">CVE-2007-6284</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:14:43 +0000"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:48:32 +0000"> + p-y + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:48:45 +0000"> + p-y + </metadata> +</glsa> |