DSA-2580-1 libxml2 -- buffer overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-2580-1 libxml2 -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

02 Dec 2012

Affected Packages:

libxml2

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2012-5134.

More information:

Jueri Aedla discovered a buffer overflow in the libxml XML library, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze6.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.0+dfsg1-7.

We recommend that you upgrade your libxml2 packages.