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Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:57:24 +0530
From: Huzaifa Sidhpurwala <huzaifas@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
CC: Marcus Meissner <meissner@...e.de>, veillard@...hat.com,
billy.rios@...il.com
Subject: Re: libxml security fix from apple ... any information?
On 07/28/2011 06:52 PM, Marcus Meissner wrote:
> Hi folks, Billy, Daniel,
>
> On
> http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4808
> there is a libxml security issue listed:
>
> -----------------------------------------
> libxml
>
> Available for: Windows 7, Vista, XP SP2 or later
>
> Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
>
> Description: A one-byte heap buffer overflow existed in libxml's handling of XML data. Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.
>
> CVE-ID
>
> CVE-2011-0216 : Billy Rios of the Google Security Team
> -----------------------------------------
>
> I suspect this is libxml2 and it likely also affects Linux?
>
> If this is correct, could you identify the commit fixing this issue?
>
As far as i know, this does not affect linux
--
Huzaifa Sidhpurwala / Red Hat Security Response Team
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