Oval Definition:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7968
Revision Date:2014-06-23Version:18
Title:DSA-1631 libxml2 -- denial of service
Description:Andreas Solberg discovered that libxml2, the GNOME XML library, could be forced to recursively evaluate entities, until available CPU and memory resources were exhausted.
Family:unixClass:patch
Status:ACCEPTEDReference(s):CVE-2008-3281
DSA-1631
Platform(s):Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Product(s):libxml2
Definition Synopsis
  • Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 is installed.
  • AND Architecture section
  • Architecture independent section
  • Installed architecture is all
  • AND libxml2-doc is earlier than 2.6.27.dfsg-4
  • OR Architecture dependent section
  • Supported architectures section
  • Installed architecture is s390
  • OR Installed architecture is amd64
  • OR Installed architecture is sparc
  • OR Installed architecture is arm
  • OR Installed architecture is i386
  • OR Installed architecture is ia64
  • OR Installed architecture is alpha
  • OR Installed architecture is powerpc
  • OR Installed architecture is mipsel
  • OR Installed architecture is hppa
  • AND Packages section
  • libxml2 is earlier than 2.6.27.dfsg-4
  • OR libxml2-dev is earlier than 2.6.27.dfsg-4
  • OR python-libxml2 is earlier than 2.6.27.dfsg-4
  • OR libxml2-dbg is earlier than 2.6.27.dfsg-4
  • OR libxml2-utils is earlier than 2.6.27.dfsg-4
  • BACK