[jdev] Fwd: [SECURITY] [DSA 2525-1] expat security update

Peter Saint-Andre stpeter at stpeter.im
Mon Aug 6 20:45:33 UTC 2012


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FYI.

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Subject: [SECURITY] [DSA 2525-1] expat security update
Resent-Date: Mon,  6 Aug 2012 20:37:35 +0000 (UTC)
Resent-From: debian-security-announce at lists.debian.org
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 22:37:11 +0200
From: Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm at debian.org>
Reply-To: debian-security at lists.debian.org
To: debian-security-announce at lists.debian.org

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2525-1                   security at debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                        Moritz Muehlenhoff
August 06, 2012                        http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : expat
Vulnerability  : several
Problem type   : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID         : CVE-2012-0876 CVE-2012-1148

It was discovered that Expat, a C library to parse XML, is vulnerable
to denial of service through hash collisions and a memory leak in
pool handling.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0.1-7+squeeze1.

For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.1.0~beta3-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.1.0~beta3-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your expat packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce at lists.debian.org


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