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Debian 7 Wheezy DSA-2978-1 Moderate: Libxml2 DoS Security Update

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Calendar Grey July 11, 2014
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Investigate the denial of service vulnerability within libxml2 and the associated security enhancements advised by Debian's security bulletin.
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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