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Fedora 22 libxml2 Critical Update: Multiple Security Issues Resolved

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Fedora 22 has received an essential upgrade for libxml2, focusing on a variety of vulnerabilities and bug corrections; this update is vital for ensuring continued protection.
Very large set of security issues for libxml2 and a bunch of bug fixes too#CVE-2015-8242 #CVE-2015-7500 #CVE-2015-7499 #CVE-2015-5312 #CVE-2015-7498 #CVE-2015-7497 #CVE-2015-1819 #...

Summary

This library allows to manipulate XML files. It includes support

to read, modify and write XML and HTML files. There is DTDs support

this includes parsing and validation even with complex DtDs, either

at parse time or later once the document has been modified. The output

can be a simple SAX stream or and in-memory DOM like representations.

In this case one can use the built-in XPath and XPointer implementation

to select sub nodes or ranges. A flexible Input/Output mechanism is

available, with existing HTTP and FTP modules and combined to an

URI library.

Update Information:

Very large set of security issues for libxml2 and a bunch of bug fixes too#CVE-2015-8242 #CVE-2015-7500 #CVE-2015-7499 #CVE-2015-5312 #CVE-2015-7498 #CVE-2015-7497 #CVE-2015-1819 #CVE-2015-7941 #CVE-2015-7942 #CVE-2015-8035

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical Fedora bug fix DoS libxml2

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1211278 - CVE-2015-1819 libxml2: denial of service processing a crafted XML document https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211278

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update libxml2' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: libxml2
Product: Fedora 22
Version: 2.9.3
Release: 1.fc22
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Summary: Library providing XML and HTML support

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical Fedora bug fix DoS libxml2

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