Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:14449Heap-Based Buffer Overflow
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
mingw32-libxml2 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow. Due to a flaw in libxml2 which decods entity references with long names, it allows an attacker to provide a malicious XML file, causing an application crash and arbitrary code execution.
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| mingw32-libxml2 | eq | 2.7.6__3.el6 | |
| mingw32-libxml2 | eq | 2.7.6__2.el6 | |
| libxml2 | eq | 2.6.26__2.1.2.8.el5_5.1 | |
| libxml2 | eq | 2.7.6__1.el6 |
References
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=107128
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/01/stable-channel-update.html
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00002.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html
secunia.com/advisories/47449
secunia.com/advisories/55568
support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
support.apple.com/kb/HT5503
www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2394
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:005
www.securityfocus.com/bid/51300
www.securitytracker.com/id?1026487
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14504
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html
Related
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P