Bug 767387 (CVE-2011-3905) - CVE-2011-3905 libxml2 out of bounds read
Summary: CVE-2011-3905 libxml2 out of bounds read
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2011-3905
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 755814 771904 771906 771907 771910 771913 772122 820846 833934 891477 891478
Blocks: 767389 771915 891480
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Reported: 2011-12-13 22:47 UTC by Kurt Seifried
Modified: 2021-02-24 13:37 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: libxml2 2.8.0
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2017-09-18 20:19:05 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2012:0016 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: libxml2 security update 2012-01-11 22:47:42 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2012:0017 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: libxml2 security update 2012-01-11 22:45:39 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2012:0018 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: libxml2 security update 2012-01-11 22:58:23 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2013:0217 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: mingw32-libxml2 security update 2013-02-01 00:25:14 UTC

Description Kurt Seifried 2011-12-13 22:47:11 UTC 
Reference: CONFIRM:http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95465 [Open URL]
Reference: CONFIRM:http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/12/stable-channel-update.html [Open URL]

libxml2, as used in Google Chrome before 16.0.912.63, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.
Comment 1 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2011-12-14 05:21:08 UTC 
Chrome patch for libxml2:
http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxml/src/parser.c?r1=100883&r2=100882&pathrev=100883
Comment 2 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2011-12-14 05:57:46 UTC 
This issue affects the version of libxml2 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5 and 6.

This issue affects the version of libxml2 as shipped with Fedora release 15 and 16.
Comment 4 Daniel Veillard 2011-12-14 08:25:20 UTC 
I just commited the latest patch upstream as this looks correct to me

http://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=77404b8b69bc122d12231807abf1a837d121b551

Daniel
Comment 6 Kurt Seifried 2011-12-14 17:26:41 UTC 
This patch was also pointed out:

http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=100953
Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2012-01-11 17:50:02 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2012:0017 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0017.html
Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2012-01-11 17:50:25 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

Via RHSA-2012:0016 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0016.html
Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2012-01-11 18:00:36 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2012:0018 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0018.html
Comment 16 Vincent Danen 2012-01-11 19:11:21 UTC 
Created libxml2 tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-all [bug 772122]
Comment 17 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2012-01-12 05:42:32 UTC 
Created mingw32-libxml2 tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-all [bug 755814]
Comment 18 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2012-01-12 05:42:42 UTC 
Statement:

This issue affects the version of libxml2 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 4, 5 and 6 and has been addressed via RHSA-2012:0016, RHSA-2012:0017 and
RHSA-2012:0018 respectively. This issue affects the version of mingw32-libxml2
as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team
has rated this issue as having low security impact. A future update may address
this issue in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Comment 21 errata-xmlrpc 2013-01-31 19:33:19 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2013:0217 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html
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