Debian Security Advisory DSA 1654-1 (libxml2)

The remote host is missing an update to libxml2 announced via advisory DSA 1654-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb16541.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 1654-1 libxml2 Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc...

Debian DSA-1654-1 : libxml2 - buffer overflow

It was discovered that libxml2, the GNOME XML library, didn't correctly handle long entity names. This could allow the execution of arbitrary code via a malicious XML file. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted...