| Summary: | <dev-libs/libxml2-2.9.4: heap-buffer overread in dict.c | ||
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| Product: | Gentoo Security | Reporter: | Agostino Sarubbo <ago> |
| Component: | Vulnerabilities | Assignee: | Gentoo Security <security> |
| Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | gnome |
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| URL: | https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1304636 | ||
| Whiteboard: | A3 [glsa cve] | ||
| Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- | |
Fix landed in v2.9.4: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758605#c5 v2.9.4 landed in Gentoo repository via https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/dev-libs/libxml2?id=b68f9389191396b4febff3e7b61f939189364426 Also, upstream changed tracking to CVE-2016-1839, see https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749115#c9 Moving CVE alias to the proper bug 583888. This issue was resolved and addressed in GLSA 201701-37 at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37 by GLSA coordinator Thomas Deutschmann (whissi). This issue was resolved and addressed in GLSA 201701-37 at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37 by GLSA coordinator Thomas Deutschmann (whissi). |
From ${URL} : A heap-buffer overread vulnerability was found in libxml2. A specially crafted file can cause the application to crash. External bugzilla report with reproducer: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749115 CVE assignment: http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/277 @maintainer(s): after the bump, in case we need to stabilize the package, please let us know if it is ready for the stabilization or not.