Bug 515195 (CVE-2009-2414)

Summary: CVE-2009-2414 libxml, libxml2, mingw32-libxml2: Stack overflow by parsing root XML element DTD definition
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Nobody <nobody>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: juhani.eronen, rjones, veillard
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Bug Depends On: 515226, 515233, 515234, 515235, 515236, 515237    
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Patch for RHEL-5 i.e. libxml2-2.6.26
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Patch for RHEL-4 i.e. libxml2-2.6.16
none
Patch for RHEL-3 i.e. libxml2-2.5.10
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patch for libxml-1.8.17 in RHEL-3 none

Description Jan Lieskovsky 2009-08-03 10:10:17 UTC
A stack overflow flaw was found in libxml by parsing root XML document
element DTD definition. Providing a specially-crafted XML file would
lead to excessive stack growth and denial of service (application crash),
when opened by a victim.

Comment 8 Daniel Veillard 2009-08-03 14:29:15 UTC
Created attachment 356032 [details]
Patch for RHEL-5 i.e. libxml2-2.6.26

Comment 9 Daniel Veillard 2009-08-03 14:30:22 UTC
Created attachment 356033 [details]
Patch for RHEL-4 i.e. libxml2-2.6.16

Comment 10 Daniel Veillard 2009-08-03 14:31:40 UTC
Created attachment 356035 [details]
Patch for RHEL-3 i.e. libxml2-2.5.10

Comment 11 Daniel Veillard 2009-08-03 14:33:10 UTC
Set of patches attached for libxml2 in RHEL-3/4/5 this also includes the
fixes for #515205

Daniel

Comment 14 Daniel Veillard 2009-08-03 15:07:18 UTC
Created attachment 356048 [details]
patch for libxml-1.8.17 in RHEL-3

Comment 22 Fedora Update System 2009-08-10 14:40:22 UTC
libxml2-2.7.3-3.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libxml2-2.7.3-3.fc11

Comment 23 Fedora Update System 2009-08-10 14:42:04 UTC
libxml2-2.7.3-2.fc10 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 10.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libxml2-2.7.3-2.fc10

Comment 24 Jan Lieskovsky 2009-08-10 14:55:32 UTC
Richard,

  could you schedule the mingw32-libxml2 Fedora updates?

Thanks, Jan.
--
Jan iankko Lieskovsky / Red Hat Security Response Team

Comment 25 errata-xmlrpc 2009-08-10 18:14:32 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2009:1206 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1206.html

Comment 26 Fedora Update System 2009-08-11 22:37:50 UTC
libxml2-2.7.3-2.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 27 Fedora Update System 2009-08-11 22:39:56 UTC
libxml2-2.7.3-3.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 28 Fedora Update System 2009-08-12 14:03:43 UTC
libxml-1.8.17-24.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libxml-1.8.17-24.fc11

Comment 29 Fedora Update System 2009-08-12 14:05:33 UTC
libxml-1.8.17-24.fc10 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 10.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libxml-1.8.17-24.fc10

Comment 30 Fedora Update System 2009-08-12 22:14:25 UTC
mingw32-libxml2-2.7.3-2.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mingw32-libxml2-2.7.3-2.fc11

Comment 31 Fedora Update System 2009-08-15 08:17:04 UTC
mingw32-libxml2-2.7.3-2.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 32 Fedora Update System 2009-08-15 08:18:04 UTC
libxml-1.8.17-24.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 33 Fedora Update System 2009-08-15 08:20:39 UTC
libxml-1.8.17-24.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.