Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.870569
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Update for libxml2 RHSA-2012:0324-01
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxml2'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the implementation of various XML standards. It was found that the hashing routine used by libxml2 arrays was susceptible to predictable hash collisions. Sending a specially-crafted message to an XML service could result in longer processing time, which could lead to a denial of service. To mitigate this issue, randomization has been added to the hashing function to reduce the chance of an attacker successfully causing intentional collisions. (CVE-2012-0841) All users of libxml2 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. The desktop must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this update to take effect. Affected Software/OS: libxml2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Solution: Please Install the Updated Packages. CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-0841 1026723 http://securitytracker.com/id?1026723 52107 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52107 54886 http://secunia.com/advisories/54886 55568 http://secunia.com/advisories/55568 APPLE-SA-2013-09-18-2 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00006.html APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-8 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00009.html DSA-2417 http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2417 MDVSA-2013:150 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150 RHSA-2012:0324 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0324.html RHSA-2013:0217 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html SUSE-SU-2013:1627 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00002.html [oss-security] 20120222 libxml2: hash table collisions CPU usage DoS http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/22/1 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=660846 http://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=8973d58b7498fa5100a876815476b81fd1a2412a http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6001 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2013-1899555.html http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf http://xmlsoft.org/news.html https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2012_0841_denial_of
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