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Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:59:22 -0700
From: Billy Rios <billy.rios@...il.com>
To: Marcus Meissner <meissner@...e.de>
Cc: OSS Security List <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>, veillard@...hat.com
Subject: Re: libxml security fix from apple ... any information?
The crash was indeed in libxml2, but I could not get the bug to repro in
Linux. We took the crash file and fuzzed a bit more on Linux, but no
crashes were observed.
BK
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 6:22 AM, Marcus Meissner <meissner@...e.de> 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?
>
> Ciao, Marcus
>
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