Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.68978
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian Security Advisory DSA 2137-1 (libxml2)
Summary:	Debian Security Advisory DSA 2137-1 (libxml2)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to libxml2 announced via advisory DSA 2137-1. Yang Dingning discovered a double free in libxml's Xpath processing, which might allow the execution of arbitrary code. For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.32.dfsg-5+lenny3. For the upcoming stable distribution (squeeze) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.8.dfsg-2. We recommend that you upgrade your libxml2 packages. Solution: http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202137-1
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-4494 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00000.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00003.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html Debian Security Information: DSA-2137 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2137 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055775.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:260 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1749.html http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11916 http://secunia.com/advisories/42721 http://secunia.com/advisories/42762 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3319 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3336 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0230
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