------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pardus Linux Security Advisory 2008-28 security@pardus.org.tr ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: 2008-08-25 Severity: 3 Type: Remote ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ======= A vulnerability has been reported in Libxml2, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). Description =========== The vulnerability is caused due to an recursion error when processing certain XML content. This can be exploited to e.g. exhaust all available memory and CPU resources by tricking an application using Libxml2 into processing specially crafted XML documents. Affected packages: Pardus 2008: libxml2, all before 2.6.32-9-5 Pardus 2007: libxml2, all before 2.6.31-8-6 Resolution ========== There are update(s) for libxml2. You can update them via Package Manager or with a single command from console: Pardus 2008: pisi up libxml2 Pardus 2007: pisi up libxml2 References ========== * http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3281 * http://secunia.com/advisories/31558/ * https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0836.html * http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-August/msg00034.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Pınar Yanardağ Pardus Security Team http://security.pardus.org.tr _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/