<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201311-06"> <title>libxml2: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libxml2, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">libxml2</product> <announced>2013-11-10</announced> <revised count="1">2013-11-10</revised> <bug>434344</bug> <bug>444836</bug> <bug>458430</bug> <bug>458740</bug> <bug>466238</bug> <bug>476438</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="dev-libs/libxml2" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">2.9.1-r1</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">2.9.1-r1</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>libxml2 is the XML C parser and toolkit developed for the Gnome project.</p> </background> <description> <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libxml2. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted document with an application linked against libxml2, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All libxml2 users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libxml2-2.9.1-r1" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2871">CVE-2012-2871</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5134">CVE-2012-5134</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0338">CVE-2013-0338</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1664">CVE-2013-1664</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1969">CVE-2013-1969</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2877">CVE-2013-2877</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2012-09-18T19:04:07Z">ackle</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2013-11-10T14:54:33Z">ackle</metadata> </glsa>