Oval Definition:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21731
Revision Date:2014-05-26Version:13
Title:ELSA-2008:0836: libxml2 security update (Moderate)
Description:libxml2 2.6.32 and earlier does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion in an attribute value, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document.
Family:unixClass:patch
Status:ACCEPTEDReference(s):CVE-2008-3281
ELSA-2008:0836-04
Platform(s):Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):libxml2
Definition Synopsis
  • Oracle Linux 5.x
  • AND rpm test
  • libxml2 is earlier than 0:2.6.26-2.1.2.4
  • OR libxml2-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.26-2.1.2.4
  • OR libxml2-python is earlier than 0:2.6.26-2.1.2.4
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