| Description: | Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxml2'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Vulnerability Insight:
The libxml2 library is a development toolbox
providing the implementation of various XML standards.
Several denial of service flaws were found in libxml2, a library providing
support for reading, modifying, and writing XML and HTML files. A remote
attacker could provide a specially crafted XML or HTML file that, when
processed by an application using libxml2, would cause that application to
use an excessive amount of CPU, leak potentially sensitive information, or
in certain cases crash the application. (CVE-2015-5312, CVE-2015-7497,
CVE-2015-7498, CVE-2015-7499, CVE-2015-7500 CVE-2015-7941, CVE-2015-7942,
CVE-2015-8241, CVE-2015-8242, CVE-2015-8317, BZ#1213957, BZ#1281955)
Red Hat would like to thank the GNOME project for reporting CVE-2015-7497,
CVE-2015-7498, CVE-2015-7499, CVE-2015-7500, CVE-2015-8241, CVE-2015-8242,
and CVE-2015-8317. Upstream acknowledges Kostya Serebryany of Google as the
original reporter of CVE-2015-7497, CVE-2015-7498, CVE-2015-7499, and
CVE-2015-7500 Hugh Davenport as the original reporter of CVE-2015-8241 and
CVE-2015-8242 and Hanno Boeck as the original reporter of CVE-2015-8317.
All libxml2 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to correct these issues. The desktop must be
restarted (log out, then log back in) for this update to take effect.
Affected Software/OS:
libxml2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6),
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6),
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
Solution:
Please Install the Updated Packages.
CVSS Score:
7.1
CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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