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Posted on 02 June 2016
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3593-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
June 02, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : libxml2
CVE ID : CVE-2015-8806 CVE-2016-1762 CVE-2016-1833 CVE-2016-1834
CVE-2016-1835 CVE-2016-1836 CVE-2016-1837 CVE-2016-1838
CVE-2016-1839 CVE-2016-1840 CVE-2016-2073 CVE-2016-3627
CVE-2016-3705 CVE-2016-4447 CVE-2016-4449 CVE-2016-4483
Debian Bug : 812807 813613 819006 823405 823414
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in libxml2, a library providing
support to read, modify and write XML and HTML files. A remote attacker
could provide a specially crafted XML or HTML file that, when processed
by an application using libxml2, would cause a denial-of-service against
the application, or potentially the execution of arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user running the application.
For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u2.
We recommend that you upgrade your libxml2 packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
