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Debian: DSA-4507-1 Critical: libxml2 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey July 30, 2015
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Debian's recent XMLTooling security update addresses risks from malformed XML data that could lead to Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks. Upgrade now to improve system security
The InCommon Shibboleth Training team discovered that XMLTooling, a C++ XML parsing library, did not properly handle an exception when parsing well-formed but schema-invalid XML
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Summary

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 1.4.2-5+deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.5.3-2+deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed shortly.

We recommend that you upgrade your xmltooling packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: xmltooling
CVE ID: CVE-2015-0851

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