libxml2: Denial of service

libxml2: Denial of service A vulnerability in libxml2 allows a remote attacker to cause Denial of Service. libxml2 2014-09-19 2014-09-19 509834 remote 2.9.1-r4 2.9.1-r4

libxml2 is the XML C parser and toolkit developed for the Gnome project.

A vulnerability in the xmlParserHandlePEReference() function of parser.c, when expanding entity references, can be exploited to consume large amounts of memory and cause a crash or hang.

A remote attacker may be able to cause Denial of Service via a specially crafted XML file containing malicious attributes.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All libxml2 users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libxml2-2.9.1-r4"

CVE-2014-0191 BlueKnight K_F