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Date: Mon Oct 06 2008 - 17:30:04 CDT

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TITLE:
Fedora update for libxml2

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32175

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32175/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 8
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/16769/
Fedora 9
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/18642/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for libxml2. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

For more information:
SA32130

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages using the yum utility ("yum update libxml2").

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2008-8582:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00130.html

FEDORA-2008-8575:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00125.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA32130:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32130/

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