Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201701-37 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libxml2, the worst of which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. Versions less than 2.9.4-r1 are affected.
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Ubuntu Security Notice 2994-1 - It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain malformed documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could possibly cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2016-3627,CVE-2016-3705, It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain malformed documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Various other issues were also addressed.
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Debian Linux Security Advisory 3593-1 - Several vulnerabilities were discovered in libxml2, a library providing support to read, modify and write XML and HTML files. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XML or HTML file that, when processed by an application using libxml2, would cause a denial-of-service against the application, or potentially the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
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