Enterprise Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2008-0988

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0988.html

The following updated rpms for Enterprise Linux 4 have been uploaded to 
the Unbreakable Linux Network:

i386:
libxml2-2.6.16-12.6.0.1.i386.rpm
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.6.0.1.i386.rpm
libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.6.0.1.i386.rpm

x86_64:
libxml2-2.6.16-12.6.0.1.i386.rpm
libxml2-2.6.16-12.6.0.1.x86_64.rpm
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.6.0.1.x86_64.rpm
libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.6.0.1.x86_64.rpm

ia64:
libxml2-2.6.16-12.6.0.1.i386.rpm
libxml2-2.6.16-12.6.0.1.ia64.rpm
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.6.0.1.ia64.rpm
libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.6.0.1.ia64.rpm


SRPMS:
https://oss.oracle.com:443/el4/SRPMS-updates/libxml2-2.6.16-12.6.0.1.src.rpm


Description of changes:

[2.6.16-12.6.0.1]
- Add oracle-enterprise.patch and replace doc/redhat.gif in the tarball

[2.6.16-12.6]
- two patches for size overflows problems CVE-2008-4225 and CVE-2008-4226
- Resolves:  rhbz#470472

Oracle4: ELSA-2008-0988: libxml2 Important Security Update

The following updated rpms for Enterprise Linux 4 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

[2.6.16-12.6.0.1] - Add oracle-enterprise.patch and replace doc/redhat.gif in the tarball [2.6.16-12.6] - two patches for size overflows problems CVE-2008-4225 and CVE-2008-4226 - Resolves: rhbz#470472

SRPMs

https://oss.oracle.com:443/el4/SRPMS-updates/libxml2-2.6.16-12.6.0.1.src.rpm

x86_64

libxml2-2.6.16-12.6.0.1.i386.rpm libxml2-2.6.16-12.6.0.1.x86_64.rpm libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.6.0.1.x86_64.rpm libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.6.0.1.x86_64.rpm ia64: libxml2-2.6.16-12.6.0.1.i386.rpm libxml2-2.6.16-12.6.0.1.ia64.rpm libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.6.0.1.ia64.rpm libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.6.0.1.ia64.rpm

aarch64

i386

libxml2-2.6.16-12.6.0.1.i386.rpm libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.6.0.1.i386.rpm libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.6.0.1.i386.rpm

Severity

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