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USN-644-1: libxml2 vulnerabilitiesReferenced CVEs:
CVE-2008-3281, CVE-2008-3529
Description:
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-644-1 September 11, 2008
libxml2 vulnerabilities
CVE-2008-3281, CVE-2008-3529
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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Ubuntu 7.04
Ubuntu 7.10
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
libxml2 2.6.24.dfsg-1ubuntu1.3
Ubuntu 7.04:
libxml2 2.6.27.dfsg-1ubuntu3.3
Ubuntu 7.10:
libxml2 2.6.30.dfsg-2ubuntu1.3
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
libxml2 2.6.31.dfsg-2ubuntu1.2
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.
Details follow:
It was discovered that libxml2 did not correctly handle long entity names.
If a user were tricked into processing a specially crafted XML document,
a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges
or cause the application linked against libxml2 to crash, leading to a
denial of service. (CVE-2008-3529)
USN-640-1 fixed vulnerabilities in libxml2. When processing extremely
large XML documents with valid entities, it was possible to incorrectly
trigger the newly added vulnerability protections. This update fixes
the problem. (CVE-2008-3281)
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