DSA-582-1 libxml -- buffer overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-582-1 libxml -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

02 Nov 2004

Affected Packages:

libxml, libxml2

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2004-0989.

More information:

"infamous41md" discovered several buffer overflows in libxml and libxml2, the XML C parser and toolkits for GNOME. Missing boundary checks could cause several buffers to be overflown, which may cause the client to execute arbitrary code.

The following vulnerability matrix lists corrected versions of these libraries:

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.17-2woody2 of libxml and in version 2.4.19-4woody2 of libxml2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.17-9 of libxml and in version 2.6.11-5 of libxml2.

These problems have also been fixed in version 2.6.15-1 of libxml2 in the experimental distribution.

We recommend that you upgrade your libxml packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml/libxml_1.8.17-2woody2.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml/libxml_1.8.17-2woody2.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml/libxml_1.8.17.orig.tar.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.4.19-4woody2.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.4.19-4woody2.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.4.19.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml/libxml-dev_1.8.17-2woody2_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml/libxml1_1.8.17-2woody2_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.4.19-4woody2_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dev_2.4.19-4woody2_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml/libxml-dev_1.8.17-2woody2_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml/libxml1_1.8.17-2woody2_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.4.19-4woody2_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dev_2.4.19-4woody2_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml/libxml-dev_1.8.17-2woody2_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml/libxml1_1.8.17-2woody2_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.4.19-4woody2_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dev_2.4.19-4woody2_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml/libxml-dev_1.8.17-2woody2_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml/libxml1_1.8.17-2woody2_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.4.19-4woody2_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dev_2.4.19-4woody2_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml/libxml-dev_1.8.17-2woody2_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml/libxml1_1.8.17-2woody2_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.4.19-4woody2_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dev_2.4.19-4woody2_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml/libxml-dev_1.8.17-2woody2_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml/libxml1_1.8.17-2woody2_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.4.19-4woody2_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dev_2.4.19-4woody2_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml/libxml-dev_1.8.17-2woody2_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml/libxml1_1.8.17-2woody2_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.4.19-4woody2_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dev_2.4.19-4woody2_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml/libxml-dev_1.8.17-2woody2_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml/libxml1_1.8.17-2woody2_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.4.19-4woody2_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dev_2.4.19-4woody2_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml/libxml-dev_1.8.17-2woody2_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml/libxml1_1.8.17-2woody2_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.4.19-4woody2_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dev_2.4.19-4woody2_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml/libxml-dev_1.8.17-2woody2_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml/libxml1_1.8.17-2woody2_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.4.19-4woody2_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dev_2.4.19-4woody2_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml/libxml-dev_1.8.17-2woody2_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml/libxml1_1.8.17-2woody2_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.4.19-4woody2_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2-dev_2.4.19-4woody2_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.