MGASA-2018-0050

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    MGASA-2018-0050

    Published: 3 Jan 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated libxml2 packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Integer overflow in memory debug code in libxml2 before 2.9.5 (CVE-2017-5130). It was discovered that libxml2 incorrecty handled certain files. An attacker could use this issue with specially constructed XML data to cause libxml2 to consume resources, leading to a denial of service (CVE-2017-15412). Wei Lei discovered that libxml2 incorrecty handled certain parameter entities. An attacker could use this issue with specially constructed XML data to cause libxml2 to consume resources, leading to a denial of service (CVE-2017-16932). The libxml2 package has been updated to version 2.9.7 to fix these issues and several other bugs. Also, the perl-XML-LibXML package has been updated to version 2.13.200 to allow it to be rebuilt against the updated libxml2.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0050.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22130, https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html, https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html, https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3513-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3504-1/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libxml2

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/libxml2?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.9.7-1.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High