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HistoryMay 27, 2016 - 11:33 p.m.

[slackware-security] libxml2

2016-05-2723:33:14
Slackware Linux Project
www.slackware.com
25

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

10 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.01 Low

EPSS

Percentile

82.9%

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-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded.
This release fixes bugs and security issues:
Heap-based buffer underreads due to xmlParseName (CVE-2016-4447).
Format string vulnerability (CVE-2016-4448).
Inappropriate fetch of entities content (CVE-2016-4449).
For more information, see:
http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2016-4447
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2016-4448
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2016-4449
(* Security fix *)

Where to find the new packages:

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)

Also see the โ€œGet Slackโ€ section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/libxml2-2.9.4-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/libxml2-2.9.4-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/libxml2-2.9.4-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/libxml2-2.9.4-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libxml2-2.9.4-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libxml2-2.9.4-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:

Slackware 14.0 package:
c498433ae7d6077a9d5245877aa2c06e libxml2-2.9.4-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
c92258a87bb30a6cdce2b5428d640bd5 libxml2-2.9.4-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
2b74b913a164a23ad2da10eebf923e46 libxml2-2.9.4-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
e2dee612c7de77822824e43a61414c2c libxml2-2.9.4-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware -current package:
98d1ede4a347a49f2ad972ac5339b9e6 l/libxml2-2.9.4-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
c2d5721aac77b74d7e47a2a8a372d47a l/libxml2-2.9.4-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:

Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg libxml2-2.9.4-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

10 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.01 Low

EPSS

Percentile

82.9%