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TITLE:
Expat XML Parser UTF-8 Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA36425

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Expat XML Parser, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when parsing certain
UTF-8 sequences, which can be exploited to crash an application using
the library.

The vulnerability is reported in version 1.95.8 and 2.0.1. Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Fixed in the CVS repository.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Peter Valchev

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/expat-bugs/2009-January/002781.html

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