-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 _______________________________________________________________________ Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:212 http://www.mandriva.com/security/ _______________________________________________________________________ Package : libxml2 Date : October 15, 2008 Affected: 2009.0 _______________________________________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________________________________ References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4409 _______________________________________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________________________________ Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFI9gxfmqjQ0CJFipgRAhOHAKDNnKmy08ssDm+poezrI5KfGhX1fQCfYGrg ioGoKAKDSH5RbdbDiYfD4Zc= =wUXn -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----