Debian Security Advisory DSA 1666-1 (libxml2)

The remote host is missing an update to libxml2 announced via advisory DSA 1666-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb16661.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 1666-1 libxml2 Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc...

Debian DSA-1666-1 : libxml2 - several vulnerabilities

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the GNOME XML library. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2008-4225 Drew Yao discovered that missing input sanitising in the xmlBufferResize function may lead to an infinite loop, resulting in...