Secunia Security Advisory - Mandriva has issued an update for libxml2. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
Mandriva update for libxml2
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28458
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28458/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
DoS
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Mandriva Linux 2007
http://secunia.com/product/12165/
DESCRIPTION:
Mandriva has issued an update for libxml2. This fixes a
vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a
DoS (Denial of Service).
For more information:
SA28444
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
-- Mandriva Linux 2007 --
77dacb3f7ceed6b154d13b2230993f6a
2007.0/i586/libxml2-2.6.26-2.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
b65bd8c95b4cb202ad9c6ee0b0bd240a
2007.0/i586/libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
783aa1a2d3e7e8f7e1d97a656606e1c0
2007.0/i586/libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
fc8a74a258531db13fa948d95f4c2b0f
2007.0/i586/libxml2-utils-2.6.26-2.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
213917a525e29b1be556eaa909ae70b8
2007.0/SRPMS/libxml2-2.6.26-2.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm
-- Mandriva Linux 2007/X86_64 --
39239bd612197276042a12756b12f25a
2007.0/x86_64/lib64xml2-2.6.26-2.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
8559d17572b7ecf59c322fd5e24a32ac
2007.0/x86_64/lib64xml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
9be60ad740a273022ba6f0ac63242d4e
2007.0/x86_64/lib64xml2-python-2.6.26-2.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
6d455daad1c6043033535790f6891a03
2007.0/x86_64/libxml2-utils-2.6.26-2.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
213917a525e29b1be556eaa909ae70b8
2007.0/SRPMS/libxml2-2.6.26-2.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:010
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA28444:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28444/
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