SUSE-SU-2016:0178-1 Security update for libxml2

This update for libxml2 fixes the following security issue: - CVE-2015-8710: Parsing short unclosed HTML comment could cause uninitialized memory access, which allowed remote attackers to read contents from previous HTTP requests depending on the application bsc960674...

CVE-2015-5312

The xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 does not properly prevent entity expansion, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service CPU consumption via crafted XML data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-3660...

MGASA-2015-0457 Updated libxml2 packages fix security vulnerabilities

Updated libxml2 packages fix security vulnerabilities: In libxml2 before 2.9.3, one case where when dealing with entities expansion, it failed to exit, leading to a denial of service CVE-2015-5312. In libxml2 before 2.9.3, it was possible to hit a negative offset in the name indexing used to...

Updated libxml2 packages fix security vulnerabilities

Updated libxml2 packages fix security vulnerability: Crafted xml causes out of bound memory access in libxml2 due to a heap buffer-overflow in xmlParseConditionalSections in parser.c CVE-2015-7942...

MGASA-2015-0423 Updated libxml2 packages fix security vulnerabilities

Updated libxml2 packages fix security vulnerability: Crafted xml causes out of bound memory access in libxml2 due to a heap buffer-overflow in xmlParseConditionalSections in parser.c CVE-2015-7942...

MGASA-2014-0418 Updated libxml2 packages fix security vulnerability

A denial of service flaw was found in libxml2, a library providing support to read, modify and write XML and HTML files. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XML file that, when processed by an application using libxml2, would lead to excessive CPU consumption denial of service bas...

MGASA-2014-0214 Updated libxml2 packages fix CVE-2014-0191

Updated libxml2 packages fix security vulnerability: It was discovered that libxml2, a library providing support to read, modify and write XML files, incorrectly performs entity substituton in the doctype prolog, even if the application using libxml2 disabled any entity substitution. A remote...

CVE-2008-3281

libxml2 2.6.32 and earlier does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion in an attribute value, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service memory and CPU consumption via a crafted XML document...

RHEL 2.1 / 3 / 4 / 5 : libxml2 (RHSA-2008:0032)

Updated libxml2 packages that fix a security issue are now available. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The libxml2 packages provide a library that allows you to manipulate XML files. It includes support to read, modify, and writ...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: libxml2 security update

Updated libxml2 packages that fix a security issue are now available. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The libxml2 packages provide a library that allows you to manipulate XML files. It includes support to read, modify, and writ...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: libxml2 security update

An updated libxml2 package that fixes multiple buffer overflows is now available. libxml2 is a library for manipulating XML files. Multiple buffer overflow bugs have been found in libxml2 versions prior to 2.6.14. If an attacker can trick a user into passing a specially crafted FTP URL or FTP pro...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : libxml2 (MDKSA-2004:018)

A flaw in libxml2 versions prior to 2.6.6 was found by Yuuichi Teranishi. When fetching a remote source via FTP or HTTP, libxml2 uses special parsing routines that can overflow a buffer if passed a very long URL. In the event that the attacker can find a program that uses libxml2 which parses...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: libxml2 security update

Updated libxml2 packages that fix an overflow when parsing remote resources are now available. libxml2 is a library for manipulating XML files. Yuuichi Teranishi discovered a flaw in libxml2 versions prior to 2.6.6. When fetching a remote resource via FTP or HTTP, libxml2 uses special parsing...

libxml2 stack buffer overflow in URI parsing

Yuuichi Teranishi reported a crash in libxml2's URI handling when a long URL is supplied. The implementation in nanohttp.c and nanoftp.c uses a 4K stack buffer, and longer URLs will overwrite the stack. This could result in denial-of-service or arbitrary code execution in applications using libxm...