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<glsa id="201701-37">
  <title>libxml2: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libxml2, the worst of
    which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">libxml2</product>
  <announced>2017-01-16</announced>
  <revised count="01">2017-01-16</revised>
  <bug>564776</bug>
  <bug>566374</bug>
  <bug>572878</bug>
  <bug>573820</bug>
  <bug>577998</bug>
  <bug>582538</bug>
  <bug>582540</bug>
  <bug>583888</bug>
  <bug>589816</bug>
  <bug>597112</bug>
  <bug>597114</bug>
  <bug>597116</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-libs/libxml2" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.9.4-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.9.4-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>libxml2 is the XML (eXtended Markup Language) C parser and toolkit
      initially developed for the Gnome project.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libxml2. Please review
      the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could entice a user or automated system to process a
      specially crafted XML document, possibly resulting in execution of
      arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service
      condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All libxml2 users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-libs/libxml2-2.9.4-r1"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1819">CVE-2015-1819</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5312">CVE-2015-5312</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-7497">CVE-2015-7497</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-7498">CVE-2015-7498</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-7499">CVE-2015-7499</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-7500">CVE-2015-7500</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-7941">CVE-2015-7941</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-7942">CVE-2015-7942</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8035">CVE-2015-8035</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8242">CVE-2015-8242</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8806">CVE-2015-8806</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1836">CVE-2016-1836</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1838">CVE-2016-1838</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1839">CVE-2016-1839</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1840">CVE-2016-1840</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2073">CVE-2016-2073</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3627">CVE-2016-3627</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3705">CVE-2016-3705</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4483">CVE-2016-4483</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4658">CVE-2016-4658</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5131">CVE-2016-5131</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2016-11-17T10:31:08Z">b-man</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-01-16T21:14:46Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>
