Updated libxml2 packages fix security vulnerability

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libxml2 parsed certain crafted XML input. 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 execute arbitrary code with the...

CVE-2016-4449

XML external entity XXE vulnerability in the xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.4, when not in validating mode, allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service resource consumption via unspecified vectors...

Amazon Linux AMI : libxml2 (ALAS-2016-719)

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libxml2 parsed certain crafted XML input. 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 execute arbitrary code with the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libxml2 on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20160623)

Security Fixes : A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libxml2 parsed certain crafted XML input. 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 execute arbitrary code...

OracleVM 3.3 / 3.4 : libxml2 (OVMSA-2016-0087)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - Update doc/redhat.gif in tarball - Add libxml2-oracle-enterprise.patch and update logos in tarball - Heap-based buffer overread in xmlNextChar CVE-2016-1762 - Bug 763071: Heap-buffer-overflow in...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : libxml2 (ELSA-2016-1292)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2016-1292 advisory. - Heap-based buffer overread in xmlNextChar CVE-2016-1762 - Bug 763071: Heap-buffer-overflow in xmlStrncat CVE-2016-1834 - Bug 757711:...

RedHat Update for libxml2 RHSA-2016:1292-01

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

libxml2 security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2016:1292 An update for libxml2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score,...

openSUSE: Security Advisory for libxml2 (openSUSE-SU-2016:1595-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Security update for libxml2 (important)

This update for libxml2 fixes the following security issues: - CVE-2016-2073, CVE-2015-8806, CVE-2016-1839: A Heap-buffer overread was fixed in libxml2/dict.c bsc963963, bsc965283, bsc981114. - CVE-2016-4483: Code was added to avoid an out of bound access when serializing malformed strings...

CVE-2016-4449

XML external entity XXE vulnerability in the xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.4, when not in validating mode, allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service resource consumption via unspecified vectors...

CVE-2016-4449

CVE-2016-4449 is an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in libxml2’s parser.c (xmlStringLenDecodeEntities) affecting libxml2 up to version 2.9.4. ALT Linux advisory entries show a confirmed fix in libxml2 version 2.9.4.0.12.e905-alt1 (and related package updates), indicating that patches were...

CVE-2016-4449

XML external entity XXE vulnerability in the xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.4, when not in validating mode, allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service resource consumption via unspecified vectors...

CVE-2016-4449

XML external entity XXE vulnerability in the xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.4, when not in validating mode, allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service resource consumption via unspecified vectors...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : libxml2 vulnerabilities (USN-2994-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2994-1 advisory. It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain malformed documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a...

USN-2994-1: libxml2 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain malformed documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could possibly cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2015-8806, CVE-2016-2073, CVE-2016-3627,...

CVE-2016-4449

XML external entity XXE vulnerability in the xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.4, when not in validating mode, allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service resource consumption via unspecified vectors...

[slackware-security] libxml2

New libxml2 packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libxml2-2.9.4-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes bugs and security issues: Heap-based buffer underreads due to...

Oracle: Security Advisory (ELSA-2014-0206)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Design/Logic Flaw

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.15 and 11.x before 11.0.12, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 2015.006.30060, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 2015.008.20082 on Windows and OS X allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and obtain sensitive...