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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2008-212

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2008-212
Posted Oct 16, 2008
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory - libxml2 version 2.7.0 and 2.7.1 did not properly handle predefined entities definitions in entities, which allowed context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via certain XML documents. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue.

tags | advisory, denial of service
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2008-4409
SHA-256 | 1680aa310a6ed38cfad19f7667fc7271aeb0ccca9437b3a22c6c6e91daf6a83b

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2008-212

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:212
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : libxml2
Date : October 15, 2008
Affected: 2009.0
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Problem Description:

libxml2 version 2.7.0 and 2.7.1 did not properly handle predefined
entities definitions in entities, which allowed context-dependent
attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and
application crash) via certain XML documents (CVE-2008-4409).

The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4409
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Linux 2009.0:
305127cca2848a8131e05f2216e62ce9 2009.0/i586/libxml2_2-2.7.1-1.1mdv2009.0.i586.rpm
69a1270052072eb02503587034591a1a 2009.0/i586/libxml2-devel-2.7.1-1.1mdv2009.0.i586.rpm
20609d45035df33888ed7b22e2ea612b 2009.0/i586/libxml2-python-2.7.1-1.1mdv2009.0.i586.rpm
e74d2e54bbf8d2829619b389fff80524 2009.0/i586/libxml2-utils-2.7.1-1.1mdv2009.0.i586.rpm
dc30b693323ce3836b08908773fa2eb2 2009.0/SRPMS/libxml2-2.7.1-1.1mdv2009.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2009.0/X86_64:
00713f5a3b9461783a0df1b5549ead18 2009.0/x86_64/lib64xml2_2-2.7.1-1.1mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm
c621bb8dc493a626cfa7b3185ac82486 2009.0/x86_64/lib64xml2-devel-2.7.1-1.1mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm
653b5b900e98cb37355c2f83e589828e 2009.0/x86_64/libxml2-python-2.7.1-1.1mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm
56f95a96a57191621a381b9a7daa387d 2009.0/x86_64/libxml2-utils-2.7.1-1.1mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm
dc30b693323ce3836b08908773fa2eb2 2009.0/SRPMS/libxml2-2.7.1-1.1mdv2009.0.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
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