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libxml2: Denial of service

Description

### Background libxml2 is the XML C parser and toolkit developed for the Gnome project. ### Description libxml2 returns the empty string when the allocation limit is encountered while constructing the attribute value string. ### Impact A remote attacker may be able to cause Denial of Service via a specially crafted XML file. ### 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/libxml2-2.9.2-r1"


Affected Package


OS OS Version Package Name Package Version
Gentoo any dev-libs/libxml2 2.9.2-r1

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