Bug 640191 - Libxml2 XPath uses uninitialized memory
Summary: Libxml2 XPath uses uninitialized memory
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: libxml2
Version: 5.5
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
urgent
urgent
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Daniel Veillard
QA Contact: BaseOS QE - Apps
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Depends On: 613860
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-10-05 07:18 UTC by RHEL Program Management
Modified: 2013-01-11 03:22 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Due to an uninitialized field in one of the private libxml2 XPath data structures, the XPath evaluation may have return incorrect results. This error has been fixed, the field is now initialized properly, and XPath evaluation returns expected results.
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2010-10-12 14:25:14 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2010:0764 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE libxml2 bug fix update 2010-10-12 14:25:07 UTC

Description RHEL Program Management 2010-10-05 07:18:05 UTC
This bug has been copied from bug #613860 and has been proposed
to be backported to 5.5 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 3 Daniel Veillard 2010-10-05 10:41:34 UTC
Fix provided in bug #613860 and confirmed by the reporter as fixing the
issue,

Daniel

Comment 4 Daniel Veillard 2010-10-05 14:58:16 UTC
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_5.1 has been built in RHEL-5.5-Z-candidate with the
fix,

Daniel

Comment 6 Jaromir Hradilek 2010-10-06 23:29:15 UTC
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
Due to an uninitialized field in one of the private libxml2 XPath data structures, the XPath evaluation may have return incorrect results. This error has been fixed, the field is now initialized properly, and XPath evaluation returns expected results.

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2010-10-12 14:25:14 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2010-0764.html


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