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Debian 8: DLA-1345-2 Moderate: LibXML2 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

debian lts
Calendar Grey March 29, 2018
Dist Debian Esm H88
Enhance your xerces-c installation by applying the most recent security patch to mitigate risks associated with possible denial of service and remote execution vulnerabilities.
Alberto Garcia, Francisco Oca and Suleman Ali of Offensive Research discovered that the Xerces-C XML parser mishandles certain kinds of external DTD references, resulting in derefe...
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security advisory denial of service software update Debian Xerces-C

Summary

We recommend that you upgrade your xerces-c packages.

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


Package: xerces-c
Version: 3.1.1-3+deb7u5
CVE ID: CVE-2017-12627
Debian Bug: 894050

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security advisory denial of service software update Debian Xerces-C

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