Integer overflow in xpath.c in libxml2 2.6.x through 2.6.32 and...
Vulnerability Description
Integer overflow in xpath.c in libxml2 2.6.x through 2.6.32 and 2.7.x through 2.7.8, and libxml 1.8.16 and earlier, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted XML file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow when adding a new namespace node, related to handling of XPath expressions.
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References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48056
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44711
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:131
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03360041
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-07/msg00035.html
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=d7958b21e7f8c447a26bb2436f08402b2c308be4
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709747
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1749.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2255
- http://www.osvdb.org/73248
- http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/05/libxml-vulnerability-and-interesting.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062238.html
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03360041
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/31/8
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1153-1
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