There are not many details, but the upstream patch is <http://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=d8e1faeaa99c7a7c07af01c1c72de352eb590a3e>
CVE-2011-3102 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3102): Off-by-one error in libxml2, as used in Google Chrome before 19.0.1084.46, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
Fixed in libxml2-2.8.0_rc1 (the libxml2 upstream is finally on its way to making a new release) >*libxml2-2.8.0_rc1 (21 May 2012) > > 21 May 2012; Alexandre Rostovtsev <tetromino@gentoo.org> > -libxml2-2.7.8-r4.ebuild, +libxml2-2.8.0_rc1.ebuild, > +files/libxml2-2.8.0_rc1-randomization-threads.patch, > +files/libxml2-2.8.0_rc1-winnt.patch: > Version bump with numerous bugfixes, including for bug #416209 (out-of-bounds > write, CVE-2011-3102, thanks to Paweł Hajdan, Jr.). Drop old.
Thanks. Just to make sure since this isn't a full release, are we moving to stabilize libxml2-2.8.0_rc1 now?
(In reply to comment #3) > Thanks. Just to make sure since this isn't a full release, are we moving to > stabilize libxml2-2.8.0_rc1 now? It would be my recommendation. The git changelog between 2.7.8 and 2.8.0-rc1 basically consists of fixes for various parser errors, crashes, infinite loops, memory leaks, and security holes; the only new features are support for lzma compression and <meta charset>.
Ok, thanks; then on we go. ;) Arches, please test and mark stable: =dev-libs/libxml2-2.8.0_rc1 Target keywords : "alpha amd64 arm hppa ia64 m68k ppc ppc64 s390 sh sparc x86"
ppc done
x86 stable
amd64 stable
Stable for HPPA.
libxml2-2.8.0-rc1.tar.gz is no longer available at ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/ pls update to rc2
(In reply to comment #10) Fixed, thanks for noticing! >*libxml2-2.8.0 (25 May 2012) > > 25 May 2012; Alexandre Rostovtsev <tetromino@gentoo.org> > libxml2-2.8.0_rc1.ebuild, +libxml2-2.8.0.ebuild: > Version bump to 2.8.0 final. Point rc1's SRC_URI at Gentoo mirrors since the > rc1 tarball is no longer available from upstream (bug #416209 comment #10)..
arm stable
alpha/ia64/m68k/s390/sh/sparc stable
ppc64 done
Thanks, folks. GLSA request filed.
This issue was resolved and addressed in GLSA 201207-02 at http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-02.xml by GLSA coordinator Sean Amoss (ackle).