oss-security - Re: CVE request: libxml2 heap contents leak

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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:26:50 -0500 (EST)
From: Josh Bressers <bressers@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: coley <coley@...re.org>
Subject: Re: CVE request: libxml2 heap contents leak

Please use CVE-2010-4657.

Thanks.

-- 
    JB

----- Original Message -----
> Hello,
> 
> I'd like to get a CVE assigned for a minor heap contents leak in
> libxml2. I reported that it is possible to leak heap memory contents
> from libxml2 (and things linked against it, for example PHP[1], or
> things
> written in PHP[2]):
> 
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=631551
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Kees
> 
> [1] http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52998
> [2] http://status.net/open-source/issues/2798
> 
> --
> Kees Cook
> Ubuntu Security Team

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