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CVE-2012-5134

Published: 27 November 2012

Heap-based buffer underflow in the xmlParseAttValueComplex function in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.0 and earlier, as used in Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.91 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted entities in an XML document.

Notes

AuthorNote
jdstrand
sarnold provided the update for libxml2

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
chromium-browser
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Does not exist

lucid
Released (3.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.10.04.1)
oneiric
Released (3.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.11.10.1)
precise
Released (3.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.12.04.1)
quantal
Released (3.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.12.10.1)
upstream
Released (23.0.1271.91)
libxml2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy
Released (2.6.31.dfsg-2ubuntu1.11)
lucid
Released (2.7.6.dfsg-1ubuntu1.7)
oneiric
Released (2.7.8.dfsg-4ubuntu0.5)
precise
Released (2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.3)
quantal
Released (2.8.0+dfsg1-5ubuntu2.1)
upstream
Released (2.8.0+dfsg1-7)
Patches:
upstream: http://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=6a36fbe3b3e001a8a840b5c1fdd81cefc9947f0d
vendor: http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2580