| Description: | Description:
The remote host is missing an update to expat
announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:316-3.
A vulnerability has been found and corrected in expat:
The big2_toUtf8 function in lib/xmltok.c in libexpat in Expat 2.0.1,
as used in the XML-Twig module for Perl, allows context-dependent
attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an
XML document with malformed UTF-8 sequences that trigger a buffer
over-read, related to the doProlog function in lib/xmlparse.c,
a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-2625 and CVE-2009-3720
(CVE-2009-3560).
Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0 customers
This update provides a solution to these vulnerabilities.
Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0
customers.
Update:
The previous (MDVSA-2009:316-2) updates provided packages for
2008.0/2009.0/2009.1/2010.0/mes5 that did not have an increased
release number which prevented the packages from hitting the mirrors.
Affected: 2008.0, 2009.0, 2009.1, 2010.0, Enterprise Server 5.0
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-2009:316-3
Risk factor : Medium
CVSS Score:
5.0
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