[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201209-06 ] Expat: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201209-06

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http://security.gentoo.org/

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Severity: Normal

Title: Expat: Multiple vulnerabilities

Date: September 24, 2012

Bugs: #280615, #303727, #407519

ID: 201209-06

 

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Synopsis

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Expat, possibly resulting

in Denial of Service.

 

Background

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Expat is a set of XML parsing libraries.

 

Affected packages

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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1 dev-libs/expat < 2.1.0_beta3 >= 2.1.0_beta3

 

Description

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Expat. Please review

the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

 

Impact

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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted XML

file in an application linked against Expat, possibly resulting in a

Denial of Service condition.

 

Workaround

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There is no known workaround at this time.

 

Resolution

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All Expat users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/expat-2.1.0_beta3"

 

Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools

such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these

packages.

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2009-3560

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-3560

[ 2 ] CVE-2009-3720

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-3720

[ 3 ] CVE-2012-0876

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0876

[ 4 ] CVE-2012-1147

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1147

[ 5 ] CVE-2012-1148

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1148

 

Availability

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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at

the Gentoo Security Website:

 

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-06.xml

 

Concerns?

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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the

confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost

importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to

security ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at

https://bugs.gentoo.org.

 

License

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Copyright 2012 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text

belongs to its owner(s).

 

The contents of this document are licensed under the

Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

 

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5