Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60239
Category:	Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:	Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:010 (libxml2)
Summary:	Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:010 (libxml2)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to libxml2 announced via advisory MDVSA-2008:010. A denial of service flaw was discovered by the Google Security Team in the way libxml2 processes malformed XML content. This flaw could cause the application to stop responding. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. Affected: 2007.0, 2007.1, 2008.0, Corporate 3.0, Corporate 4.0 Solution: To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2008:010 Risk factor : Medium
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-6284 Bugtraq: 20080115 rPSA-2008-0017-1 libxml2 (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/486410/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20080329 VMSA-2008-0006 Updated libxml2 service console package (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/490306/100/0/threaded http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000009.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425927 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html Debian Security Information: DSA-1461 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1461 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00379.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00396.html http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-20.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:010 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0032.html http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103201-1 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201514-1 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:002 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-569-1 BugTraq ID: 27248 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27248 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11594 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0117 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0144 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1033/references http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/references http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5216 http://securitytracker.com/id?1019181 http://secunia.com/advisories/28439 http://secunia.com/advisories/28444 http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2008-January/msg00036.html http://secunia.com/advisories/28452 http://secunia.com/advisories/28458 http://secunia.com/advisories/28470 http://secunia.com/advisories/28466 http://secunia.com/advisories/28475 http://secunia.com/advisories/28450 http://secunia.com/advisories/28636 http://secunia.com/advisories/28716 http://secunia.com/advisories/28740 http://secunia.com/advisories/29591 http://secunia.com/advisories/31074
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