Gentoo: GLSA-200411-05 High: libxml2 Remote Execution Risk
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November 2, 2004
libxml2 contains multiple buffer overflows which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200411-05
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: High
Title: libxml2: Remotely exploitable buffer overflow
Date: November 02, 2004
Bugs: #69154
ID: 200411-05
Synopsis
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libxml2 contains multiple buffer overflows which could lead to the
execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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libxml2 is an XML parsing library written in C.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-libs/libxml2 < 2.6.15 >= 2.6.15
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Multiple buffer overflows have been detected in the nanoftp and
nanohttp modules. These modules are responsible for parsing URLs with
ftp information, and resolving names via DNS.
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