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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200812-06
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: libxml2: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: December 02, 2008
Bugs: #234099, #237806, #239346, #245960
ID: 200812-06
Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities in libxml2 might lead to execution of
arbitrary code or Denial of Service.
Background
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libxml2 is the XML (eXtended Markup Language) C parser and toolkit
initially developed for the Gnome project.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-libs/libxml2 < 2.7.2-r1 >= 2.7.2-r1
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Multiple vulnerabilities were reported in libxml2:
* Andreas Solberg reported that libxml2 does not properly...
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