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
0.025 Low
EPSS
Percentile
88.9%
The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the implementation
of various XML standards.
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libxml2 decoded
entity references with long names. A remote attacker could provide a
specially-crafted XML file that, when opened in an application linked
against libxml2, would cause the application to crash or, potentially,
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the
application. (CVE-2011-3919)
All users of libxml2 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. The desktop must
be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this update to take effect.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
RedHat | 5 | src | libxml2 | < 2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_6.2 | libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_6.2.src.rpm |
RedHat | 5 | i386 | libxml2 | < 2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_6.2 | libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_6.2.i386.rpm |
RedHat | 5 | i386 | libxml2-python | < 2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_6.2 | libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_6.2.i386.rpm |
RedHat | 5 | ia64 | libxml2-devel | < 2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_6.2 | libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_6.2.ia64.rpm |
RedHat | 5 | ppc | libxml2-devel | < 2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_6.2 | libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_6.2.ppc.rpm |
RedHat | 5 | i386 | libxml2-devel | < 2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_6.2 | libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_6.2.i386.rpm |
RedHat | 5 | ia64 | libxml2 | < 2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_6.2 | libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_6.2.ia64.rpm |
RedHat | 5 | s390 | libxml2 | < 2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_6.2 | libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_6.2.s390.rpm |
RedHat | 5 | s390 | libxml2-devel | < 2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_6.2 | libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_6.2.s390.rpm |
RedHat | 5 | x86_64 | libxml2-devel | < 2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_6.2 | libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_6.2.x86_64.rpm |