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gentooGentoo FoundationGLSA-201311-06
HistoryNov 10, 2013 - 12:00 a.m.

libxml2: Multiple vulnerabilities

2013-11-1000:00:00
Gentoo Foundation
security.gentoo.org
25

7.5 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.09 Low

EPSS

Percentile

94.5%

Background

libxml2 is the XML C parser and toolkit developed for the Gnome project.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libxml2. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted document with an application linked against libxml2, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All libxml2 users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libxml2-2.9.1-r1"
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Gentooanyalldev-libs/libxml2< 2.9.1-r1UNKNOWN

7.5 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.09 Low

EPSS

Percentile

94.5%