Date:         Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:05:16 -0600
Reply-To:     Troy Dawson 
Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux
              
From:         Troy Dawson 
Subject:      Security ERRATA for  on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5,x i386/x86_64
Comments: To: scientific-linux-errata@fnal.gov

Synopsis:	Important: libxml2 security update
Issue date:	2008-01-11
CVE Names:	CVE-2007-6284

A denial of service flaw was found in the way libxml2 processes certain
content. If an application linked against libxml2 processes malformed XML
content, it could cause the application to stop responding. (CVE-2007-6284)

SL 3.0.x

     SRPMS:
libxml2-2.5.10-8.src.rpm
     i386:
libxml2-2.5.10-8.i386.rpm
libxml2-devel-2.5.10-8.i386.rpm
libxml2-python-2.5.10-8.i386.rpm
     x86_64:
libxml2-2.5.10-8.i386.rpm
libxml2-2.5.10-8.x86_64.rpm
libxml2-devel-2.5.10-8.x86_64.rpm
libxml2-python-2.5.10-8.x86_64.rpm

SL 4.x

     SRPMS:
libxml2-2.6.16-10.1.src.rpm
     i386:
libxml2-2.6.16-10.1.i386.rpm
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-10.1.i386.rpm
libxml2-python-2.6.16-10.1.i386.rpm
     x86_64:
libxml2-2.6.16-10.1.i386.rpm
libxml2-2.6.16-10.1.x86_64.rpm
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-10.1.x86_64.rpm
libxml2-python-2.6.16-10.1.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

     SRPMS:
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.1.src.rpm
     i386:
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.1.i386.rpm
libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.1.i386.rpm
libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.1.i386.rpm
     x86_64:
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.1.i386.rpm
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.1.x86_64.rpm
libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.1.i386.rpm
libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.1.x86_64.rpm
libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.1.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson

SciLinux: CVE-2007-6284 SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5,x i386/x86_64

Important: libxml2 security update

Summary

Date:         Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:05:16 -0600Reply-To:     Troy Dawson Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux              From:         Troy Dawson Subject:      Security ERRATA for  on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5,x i386/x86_64Comments: To: scientific-linux-errata@fnal.govSynopsis:	Important: libxml2 security updateIssue date:	2008-01-11CVE Names:	CVE-2007-6284A denial of service flaw was found in the way libxml2 processes certaincontent. If an application linked against libxml2 processes malformed XMLcontent, it could cause the application to stop responding. (CVE-2007-6284)SL 3.0.x     SRPMS:libxml2-2.5.10-8.src.rpm     i386:libxml2-2.5.10-8.i386.rpmlibxml2-devel-2.5.10-8.i386.rpmlibxml2-python-2.5.10-8.i386.rpm     x86_64:libxml2-2.5.10-8.i386.rpmlibxml2-2.5.10-8.x86_64.rpmlibxml2-devel-2.5.10-8.x86_64.rpmlibxml2-python-2.5.10-8.x86_64.rpmSL 4.x     SRPMS:libxml2-2.6.16-10.1.src.rpm     i386:libxml2-2.6.16-10.1.i386.rpmlibxml2-devel-2.6.16-10.1.i386.rpmlibxml2-python-2.6.16-10.1.i386.rpm     x86_64:libxml2-2.6.16-10.1.i386.rpmlibxml2-2.6.16-10.1.x86_64.rpmlibxml2-devel-2.6.16-10.1.x86_64.rpmlibxml2-python-2.6.16-10.1.x86_64.rpmSL 5.x     SRPMS:libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.1.src.rpm     i386:libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.1.i386.rpmlibxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.1.i386.rpmlibxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.1.i386.rpm     x86_64:libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.1.i386.rpmlibxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.1.x86_64.rpmlibxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.1.i386.rpmlibxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.1.x86_64.rpmlibxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.1.x86_64.rpm-Connie Sieh-Troy Dawson



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