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libxml -- Integer overflow

Affected packages
libxml < 1.8.17_5
libxml2 < 2.7.8
linux-f10-libxml2 < 2.7.8

Details

VuXML ID 7be92050-a450-11e2-9898-001060e06fd4
Discovery 2011-09-02
Entry 2011-11-10
Modified 2011-11-12

Integer overflow in xpath.c, allows context-dependent attackers to to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted XML file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow when adding a new namespace node, related to handling of XPath expressions.

References

CVE Name CVE-2011-1944