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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2010:0662 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2010-08-31
Updated:
2010-08-31

RHBA-2010:0662 - Bug Fix Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

libxml2 bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Lightspeed patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

Updated libxml2 packages that resolve a libxml2 XML parser failure are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

Description

libxml is a library for parsing and manipulating XML files.

These updated packages fix the following bug:

  • previously, undefined namespace prefixes or the failure to correctly handle

XML namespaces could occur due to heavy use of XML namespaces for some
documents. This update adds all information needed in the saved context for the
correct processing and to restore the state.

All libxml users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve
this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.8 ppc

Fixes

  • BZ - 621835 - RHEL4.8: xmlReadMemory reports error related to namespace prefix when the size of input buffer is less than certain number and when the flag XML_PARSE_NSCLEAN is used.

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.src.rpm SHA-256: 8008deca47adf7f4850da614baeb399de22eecc3bfc22dd4fe09d6c06c63e1f0
x86_64
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 406d95fcbae852159348840eba05c5bd031d98ca479ee093eb109329d69ad7c9
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 406d95fcbae852159348840eba05c5bd031d98ca479ee093eb109329d69ad7c9
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5955b43c73aacc42fee898e04bd99863e6bb2ade3c43d0f7328deee1d98737a1
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5955b43c73aacc42fee898e04bd99863e6bb2ade3c43d0f7328deee1d98737a1
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c77c26f73109ef521461cb3ae00cd85768c387964dd3ee3cb372e74a5a4d46ea
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c77c26f73109ef521461cb3ae00cd85768c387964dd3ee3cb372e74a5a4d46ea
libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f53594b3af7330849f42bd4d3ef91986cadef641a62e98d160e8a97d3b76d21c
libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f53594b3af7330849f42bd4d3ef91986cadef641a62e98d160e8a97d3b76d21c
ia64
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 406d95fcbae852159348840eba05c5bd031d98ca479ee093eb109329d69ad7c9
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 406d95fcbae852159348840eba05c5bd031d98ca479ee093eb109329d69ad7c9
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.ia64.rpm SHA-256: b5dc6407881e2ce2bcdbad68a70a5aa15ba619c5813fce927f079132613f1dec
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.ia64.rpm SHA-256: b5dc6407881e2ce2bcdbad68a70a5aa15ba619c5813fce927f079132613f1dec
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.8.ia64.rpm SHA-256: d76719e83f7066a4317b9e250b0c401d95e9ec682ff6cd0f6602e8a807a015ef
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.8.ia64.rpm SHA-256: d76719e83f7066a4317b9e250b0c401d95e9ec682ff6cd0f6602e8a807a015ef
libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.8.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 7f792bcf190991cc335648ed512cf99d2fcde6cf6560e686b7d524fc475ce365
libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.8.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 7f792bcf190991cc335648ed512cf99d2fcde6cf6560e686b7d524fc475ce365
i386
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 406d95fcbae852159348840eba05c5bd031d98ca479ee093eb109329d69ad7c9
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 406d95fcbae852159348840eba05c5bd031d98ca479ee093eb109329d69ad7c9
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0aab2599728bff3aec8d9849ec481f249ba666c99a98a49b8336a53a4107c4dd
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0aab2599728bff3aec8d9849ec481f249ba666c99a98a49b8336a53a4107c4dd
libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 3b4e8884e250bee6fb22ae17f74d2898e496df89e1b94d6c26e0b15e546c4917
libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 3b4e8884e250bee6fb22ae17f74d2898e496df89e1b94d6c26e0b15e546c4917

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8

SRPM
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.src.rpm SHA-256: 8008deca47adf7f4850da614baeb399de22eecc3bfc22dd4fe09d6c06c63e1f0
x86_64
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 406d95fcbae852159348840eba05c5bd031d98ca479ee093eb109329d69ad7c9
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 406d95fcbae852159348840eba05c5bd031d98ca479ee093eb109329d69ad7c9
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5955b43c73aacc42fee898e04bd99863e6bb2ade3c43d0f7328deee1d98737a1
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5955b43c73aacc42fee898e04bd99863e6bb2ade3c43d0f7328deee1d98737a1
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c77c26f73109ef521461cb3ae00cd85768c387964dd3ee3cb372e74a5a4d46ea
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c77c26f73109ef521461cb3ae00cd85768c387964dd3ee3cb372e74a5a4d46ea
libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f53594b3af7330849f42bd4d3ef91986cadef641a62e98d160e8a97d3b76d21c
libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f53594b3af7330849f42bd4d3ef91986cadef641a62e98d160e8a97d3b76d21c
ia64
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 406d95fcbae852159348840eba05c5bd031d98ca479ee093eb109329d69ad7c9
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 406d95fcbae852159348840eba05c5bd031d98ca479ee093eb109329d69ad7c9
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.ia64.rpm SHA-256: b5dc6407881e2ce2bcdbad68a70a5aa15ba619c5813fce927f079132613f1dec
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.ia64.rpm SHA-256: b5dc6407881e2ce2bcdbad68a70a5aa15ba619c5813fce927f079132613f1dec
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.8.ia64.rpm SHA-256: d76719e83f7066a4317b9e250b0c401d95e9ec682ff6cd0f6602e8a807a015ef
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.8.ia64.rpm SHA-256: d76719e83f7066a4317b9e250b0c401d95e9ec682ff6cd0f6602e8a807a015ef
libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.8.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 7f792bcf190991cc335648ed512cf99d2fcde6cf6560e686b7d524fc475ce365
libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.8.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 7f792bcf190991cc335648ed512cf99d2fcde6cf6560e686b7d524fc475ce365
i386
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 406d95fcbae852159348840eba05c5bd031d98ca479ee093eb109329d69ad7c9
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 406d95fcbae852159348840eba05c5bd031d98ca479ee093eb109329d69ad7c9
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0aab2599728bff3aec8d9849ec481f249ba666c99a98a49b8336a53a4107c4dd
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0aab2599728bff3aec8d9849ec481f249ba666c99a98a49b8336a53a4107c4dd
libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 3b4e8884e250bee6fb22ae17f74d2898e496df89e1b94d6c26e0b15e546c4917
libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 3b4e8884e250bee6fb22ae17f74d2898e496df89e1b94d6c26e0b15e546c4917

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.src.rpm SHA-256: 8008deca47adf7f4850da614baeb399de22eecc3bfc22dd4fe09d6c06c63e1f0
x86_64
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 406d95fcbae852159348840eba05c5bd031d98ca479ee093eb109329d69ad7c9
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5955b43c73aacc42fee898e04bd99863e6bb2ade3c43d0f7328deee1d98737a1
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c77c26f73109ef521461cb3ae00cd85768c387964dd3ee3cb372e74a5a4d46ea
libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f53594b3af7330849f42bd4d3ef91986cadef641a62e98d160e8a97d3b76d21c
ia64
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 406d95fcbae852159348840eba05c5bd031d98ca479ee093eb109329d69ad7c9
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.ia64.rpm SHA-256: b5dc6407881e2ce2bcdbad68a70a5aa15ba619c5813fce927f079132613f1dec
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.8.ia64.rpm SHA-256: d76719e83f7066a4317b9e250b0c401d95e9ec682ff6cd0f6602e8a807a015ef
libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.8.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 7f792bcf190991cc335648ed512cf99d2fcde6cf6560e686b7d524fc475ce365
i386
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 406d95fcbae852159348840eba05c5bd031d98ca479ee093eb109329d69ad7c9
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0aab2599728bff3aec8d9849ec481f249ba666c99a98a49b8336a53a4107c4dd
libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 3b4e8884e250bee6fb22ae17f74d2898e496df89e1b94d6c26e0b15e546c4917

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.src.rpm SHA-256: 8008deca47adf7f4850da614baeb399de22eecc3bfc22dd4fe09d6c06c63e1f0
x86_64
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 406d95fcbae852159348840eba05c5bd031d98ca479ee093eb109329d69ad7c9
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5955b43c73aacc42fee898e04bd99863e6bb2ade3c43d0f7328deee1d98737a1
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c77c26f73109ef521461cb3ae00cd85768c387964dd3ee3cb372e74a5a4d46ea
libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f53594b3af7330849f42bd4d3ef91986cadef641a62e98d160e8a97d3b76d21c
i386
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 406d95fcbae852159348840eba05c5bd031d98ca479ee093eb109329d69ad7c9
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0aab2599728bff3aec8d9849ec481f249ba666c99a98a49b8336a53a4107c4dd
libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 3b4e8884e250bee6fb22ae17f74d2898e496df89e1b94d6c26e0b15e546c4917

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.src.rpm SHA-256: 8008deca47adf7f4850da614baeb399de22eecc3bfc22dd4fe09d6c06c63e1f0
s390x
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.s390.rpm SHA-256: 84c8f77e9829a50c329611e2eee9ae82887da71395cba392fe533001b4d7ac92
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 32fca14b76235a5b274e4d07f1033d55f8ec6354fd76412695edaceef30c0786
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f0e682ea161d7a7a0943c55084bb105a0547d5f9f9b67666efbf8ecb561995ee
libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b7a2ba67fe0ca904edd35efc9f09d3e26ed474f993963e324c723d300d6288fe
s390
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.s390.rpm SHA-256: 84c8f77e9829a50c329611e2eee9ae82887da71395cba392fe533001b4d7ac92
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.8.s390.rpm SHA-256: b4ec4b1849705835a05f351bfb8f522bad15b21bef2381379d22540f531c02b1
libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.8.s390.rpm SHA-256: 834e1965a6157e7cff0dc86cfe46ee26acd9ab20105f3ca615c842ee3619b5e9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8

SRPM
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.src.rpm SHA-256: 8008deca47adf7f4850da614baeb399de22eecc3bfc22dd4fe09d6c06c63e1f0
s390x
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.s390.rpm SHA-256: 84c8f77e9829a50c329611e2eee9ae82887da71395cba392fe533001b4d7ac92
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 32fca14b76235a5b274e4d07f1033d55f8ec6354fd76412695edaceef30c0786
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f0e682ea161d7a7a0943c55084bb105a0547d5f9f9b67666efbf8ecb561995ee
libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b7a2ba67fe0ca904edd35efc9f09d3e26ed474f993963e324c723d300d6288fe
s390
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.s390.rpm SHA-256: 84c8f77e9829a50c329611e2eee9ae82887da71395cba392fe533001b4d7ac92
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.8.s390.rpm SHA-256: b4ec4b1849705835a05f351bfb8f522bad15b21bef2381379d22540f531c02b1
libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.8.s390.rpm SHA-256: 834e1965a6157e7cff0dc86cfe46ee26acd9ab20105f3ca615c842ee3619b5e9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.src.rpm SHA-256: 8008deca47adf7f4850da614baeb399de22eecc3bfc22dd4fe09d6c06c63e1f0
ppc
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.ppc.rpm SHA-256: e10ff076f3777063124cfc76a1c85cce5417d3ff804bbce071a1e06232220d87
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: a8417ef4733410341f99e146e2990d46f96f4a965a094f83581425ffe9008e34
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.8.ppc.rpm SHA-256: b586573fcb6a4b64ab97c2870ddea73c0b5e376e62d73a7e5a4bce53e4f3bb06
libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.8.ppc.rpm SHA-256: bdbec765bc4b7f7196c223eb1d82aa52f1fa26b4f757eec4c372b2f6ddac5da5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.8

SRPM
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.src.rpm SHA-256: 8008deca47adf7f4850da614baeb399de22eecc3bfc22dd4fe09d6c06c63e1f0
ppc
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.ppc.rpm SHA-256: e10ff076f3777063124cfc76a1c85cce5417d3ff804bbce071a1e06232220d87
libxml2-2.6.16-12.8.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: a8417ef4733410341f99e146e2990d46f96f4a965a094f83581425ffe9008e34
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.8.ppc.rpm SHA-256: b586573fcb6a4b64ab97c2870ddea73c0b5e376e62d73a7e5a4bce53e4f3bb06
libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.8.ppc.rpm SHA-256: bdbec765bc4b7f7196c223eb1d82aa52f1fa26b4f757eec4c372b2f6ddac5da5

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