Date:         Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:23:51 -0500
Reply-To:     Troy Dawson 
Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux
              
From:         Troy Dawson 
Subject:      Security ERRATA Moderate: libxml and libxml2 on SL3.x, SL4.x,
              SL5.x i386/x86_64
Comments: To: "scientific-linux-errata@fnal.gov"
          

Synopsis:	Moderate: libxml and libxml2 security update
Issue date:	2009-08-10
CVE Names:	CVE-2009-2414 CVE-2009-2416

CVE-2009-2414 libxml, libxml2, mingw32-libxml2: Stack overflow by 
parsing root XML element DTD definition
CVE-2009-2416 libxml, libxml2, mingw32-libxml2: Pointer use-after-free 
flaws by parsing Notation and Enumeration attribute types

A stack overflow flaw was found in the way libxml processes the root XML
document element definition in a DTD. A remote attacker could provide a
specially-crafted XML file, which once opened by a local, unsuspecting
user, would lead to denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2009-2414)

Multiple use-after-free flaws were found in the way libxml parses the
Notation and Enumeration attribute types. A remote attacker could provid
a specially-crafted XML file, which once opened by a local, unsuspecting
user, would lead to denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2009-2416)

The desktop must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this 
update to take effect.

SL 3.0.x

       SRPMS:
libxml-1.8.17-9.3.src.rpm
libxml2-2.5.10-15.src.rpm
       i386:
libxml-1.8.17-9.3.i386.rpm
libxml2-2.5.10-15.i386.rpm
libxml2-devel-2.5.10-15.i386.rpm
libxml2-python-2.5.10-15.i386.rpm
libxml-devel-1.8.17-9.3.i386.rpm
       x86_64:
libxml-1.8.17-9.3.i386.rpm
libxml-1.8.17-9.3.x86_64.rpm
libxml2-2.5.10-15.i386.rpm
libxml2-2.5.10-15.x86_64.rpm
libxml2-devel-2.5.10-15.x86_64.rpm
libxml2-python-2.5.10-15.x86_64.rpm
libxml-devel-1.8.17-9.3.x86_64.rpm

SL 4.x

       SRPMS:
libxml2-2.6.16-12.7.src.rpm
       i386:
libxml2-2.6.16-12.7.i386.rpm
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.7.i386.rpm
libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.7.i386.rpm
       x86_64:
libxml2-2.6.16-12.7.i386.rpm
libxml2-2.6.16-12.7.x86_64.rpm
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.7.x86_64.rpm
libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.7.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

       SRPMS:
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.src.rpm
       i386:
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.i386.rpm
libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.i386.rpm
libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.i386.rpm
       x86_64:
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.i386.rpm
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.x86_64.rpm
libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.i386.rpm
libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.x86_64.rpm
libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.x86_64.rpm


-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson