Debian 7 Wheezy DSA-2978-1 Moderate: Libxml2 DoS Security Update
debian
July 11, 2014
Daniel P
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Summary
Daniel P. Berrange discovered a denial of service vulnerability in
libxml2 entity substitution.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.8.0+dfsg1-7+wheezy1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.9.1+dfsg1-4.
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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Package: libxml2
CVE ID: CVE-2014-0191
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