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TITLE:
Fedora update for libxml2

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28470

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28470/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 7
http://secunia.com/product/15552/
Fedora 8
http://secunia.com/product/16769/

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:
SA28444

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

-- Fedora 7 --

d9465595b4865fa5109cf1e56679050bb4e867c4
libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.31-1.fc7.ppc64.rpm
cf3134451d1fbcf5e7fe58a4b1435830f058fa07
libxml2-python-2.6.31-1.fc7.ppc64.rpm
b7d41b97ec2692485688c32f01f15da49cef44bd
libxml2-devel-2.6.31-1.fc7.ppc64.rpm
86d74adf7c3130b58d13d21f1e1864e5c8fc888f
libxml2-2.6.31-1.fc7.ppc64.rpm
fb9492389435fd667e7e9955100856f064e1e908
libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.31-1.fc7.i386.rpm
78f54bdad22cb0f8b647580a0e4757c29f340317
libxml2-python-2.6.31-1.fc7.i386.rpm
3990e9a012df128eec7d56868538d2c607f8c6e6
libxml2-devel-2.6.31-1.fc7.i386.rpm
aeed2d2d5a5daa84bce676b7dbd3ea545c88b5e1
libxml2-2.6.31-1.fc7.i386.rpm
6319d52cc9a04cd380e4b77a3bfdf5f0fb5ded99
libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.31-1.fc7.x86_64.rpm
246a96e4654d9ff64c236de225b53fcf73296ede
libxml2-python-2.6.31-1.fc7.x86_64.rpm
8dcbf1fa1eb5e154bddca1583a7f0cb5dbe11fed
libxml2-devel-2.6.31-1.fc7.x86_64.rpm
76dcbab6298d29fd8ac384b8bd55ceba89ce75b2
libxml2-2.6.31-1.fc7.x86_64.rpm
8bbdecad4989d856ce76ffd0cc3940eb6a7058ac
libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.31-1.fc7.ppc.rpm
37a828af14cabacaa77a690a4032eb30b9445f10
libxml2-python-2.6.31-1.fc7.ppc.rpm
ec9714588eedd274713630d4feac5c157e79e25e
libxml2-devel-2.6.31-1.fc7.ppc.rpm
e8d78709e46724424b76809e8e1e3c18d1f10f38
libxml2-2.6.31-1.fc7.ppc.rpm
e18fe16d58b0bef4e63a40cc4d68f12247797932
libxml2-2.6.31-1.fc7.src.rpm

-- Fedora 8 --

14ef5a9b22f253d602ecad6e18aab5fa6f7c001b
libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.31-1.fc8.ppc64.rpm
6b29be9e824206d11399e8f9b6930528f79e70e2
libxml2-python-2.6.31-1.fc8.ppc64.rpm
7c922eb24c4d6acff23d43a393dbf890b51d2278
libxml2-devel-2.6.31-1.fc8.ppc64.rpm
1ec9f2e3e7243eae9f9c775ac64c22e90b8f8819
libxml2-2.6.31-1.fc8.ppc64.rpm
dc44788ae761e342cc8a1c5247a47f064a09e139
libxml2-python-2.6.31-1.fc8.i386.rpm
cb26ffccdea107e3032a1c33eddea24a9a194c5d
libxml2-2.6.31-1.fc8.i386.rpm
af00df6bc0eab70326bea298761eaf0cda2dd103
libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.31-1.fc8.i386.rpm
9fb682fbd4cd3dfea253ec7a3d5e53d6ceec1979
libxml2-devel-2.6.31-1.fc8.i386.rpm
4c07f95dc42e480156e64f9b18329d9cae519cce
libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.31-1.fc8.x86_64.rpm
3136beb9b3ac26bee6e147fc9f14212838313aec
libxml2-python-2.6.31-1.fc8.x86_64.rpm
7dcccaab4e3b01a296109ee58143c8e669f4a1dc
libxml2-devel-2.6.31-1.fc8.x86_64.rpm
11d6ad1d5ba49fd23d8ddf8ff59cb95904f3a5a8
libxml2-2.6.31-1.fc8.x86_64.rpm
73c47f66694054436f9cec3a28033c316a19b7b9
libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.31-1.fc8.ppc.rpm
63df7b2c7e5c03da23670660af897c11220394fb
libxml2-python-2.6.31-1.fc8.ppc.rpm
96a7875229c90ea5b0dc3d6d304517ca80694917
libxml2-devel-2.6.31-1.fc8.ppc.rpm
082fb8aaf87475cdce1aa3751325fb33ab496798
libxml2-2.6.31-1.fc8.ppc.rpm
244f22ddcd9d82516bdebb544b2270f78ce74e08 libxml2-2.6.31-1.fc8.src.rpm

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00396.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00379.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA28444:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28444/

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