Debian DSA-2255-1 Moderate: Libxml2 Buffer Overflow Exploit
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June 6, 2011
Chris Evans discovered that libxml was vulnerable to buffer overflows, which allowed a crafted XML input file to potentially execute arbitrary code
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Summary
For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.6.32.dfsg-5+lenny4.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.7.8.dfsg-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your libxml2 packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
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