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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.71498
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2521-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the DSA-2521-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the DSA-2521-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Jueri Aedla discovered several integer overflows in libxml, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze5.

For the testing distribution (wheezy) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.0+dfsg1-5.

We recommend that you upgrade your libxml2 packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'libxml2' package(s) on Debian 6.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-2807
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00006.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00009.html
BugTraq ID: 54718
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54718
Debian Security Information: DSA-2521 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2521
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:126
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:056
http://secunia.com/advisories/50658
http://secunia.com/advisories/50800
http://secunia.com/advisories/54886
http://secunia.com/advisories/55568
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2013:1627 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00002.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2012:0813 (Google Search)
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15075728
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2012:0975 (Google Search)
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15375990
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1587-1
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