libxml2 Venurability
This for my Developer friends.
Synopsis
libxml2 contains multiple buffer overflows which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Impact Information
Background
libxml2 is an XML parsing library written in C.
Description
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.
Impact
An attacker could exploit an application that uses libxml2 by forcing it to parse a specially-crafted XML file, potentially causing remote execution of arbitrary code.
Resolution Information
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All libxml2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
If you are using Gentoo you can do it like
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libxml2-2.6.15"
This venurability was posted by Gentoo at Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
posted by Nitin @ 11/05/2004 01:30:00 PM
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