Red Hat Security Advisory 2012-1288-01

newsbot

newsbot

RSS Feed
Red Hat Security Advisory 2012-1288-01 - The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the implementation of various XML standards. Multiple integer overflow flaws, leading to heap-based buffer overflows, were found in the way libxml2 handled documents that enable entity expansion. A remote attacker could provide a large, specially-crafted XML file that, when opened in an application linked against libxml2, would cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. A one byte buffer overflow was found in the way libxml2 evaluated certain parts of XML Pointer Language expressions. A remote attacker could provide a specially-crafted XML file that, when opened in an application linked against libxml2, would cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

Weiterlesen...
 

Ähnliche Themen

Red Hat Security Advisory 2012-1512-01

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2012-176

Red Hat Security Advisory 2012-1590-01

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2012-184

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2012-184

Zurück
Oben