Issued:
2014-11-20
Updated:
2014-11-20

RHSA-2014:1885 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Moderate: libxml2 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

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Topic

Updated libxml2 packages that fix one security issue are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security
impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the
References section.

Description

The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the implementation
of various XML standards.

A denial of service flaw was found in libxml2, a library providing support
to read, modify and write XML and HTML files. A remote attacker could
provide a specially crafted XML file that, when processed by an application
using libxml2, would lead to excessive CPU consumption (denial of service)
based on excessive entity substitutions, even if entity substitution was
disabled, which is the parser default behavior. (CVE-2014-3660)

All libxml2 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to correct this issue. The desktop must be
restarted (log out, then log back in) for this update to take effect.

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
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 1149084 - CVE-2014-3660 libxml2: denial of service via recursive entity expansion

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.src.rpm SHA-256: d61bb7758db16343c6c383491ee028bb42b5ecd505baa4aef246e4147da9829b
x86_64
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 78d746409f44bbd0dd88edb827fee6ecf43ad079ac39ffbd759aa653d0475db5
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1de2a310e9dda0a26ef6731aff90c69acb589a3ed5a4b43690187624ca82eb6b
libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2b70c3aaf614d078ee8ce4ad6d9d773379db4b7c9c930e0441918845838bb1cb
libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 70e6c9ad0dae80648561635ae35d21d09152b995d517cfa65a9463edc960346c
libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 46cd6166a42594c98cf3266d12e617df6ccc3e80556983560c638c23bec6ecda
libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b9476b2ebcb2c2a2448e3afeb4a5b1cf0a370b42ca8745e4bd5aa58dc1b89179
libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f1eb31bba78d36caab8e783c0fe2febc1427688ae51e57fbc32e548b22dc88a4
ia64
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 78d746409f44bbd0dd88edb827fee6ecf43ad079ac39ffbd759aa653d0475db5
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.ia64.rpm SHA-256: f7a956fae39dc2dce1226f8f80ab25bb56053ce8b0e994b466758de1585090da
libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2b70c3aaf614d078ee8ce4ad6d9d773379db4b7c9c930e0441918845838bb1cb
libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 74563e66a79629353d1592d86b1f0bd908e7222f9ada96c1afd8c4f5d9ebb3fd
libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.ia64.rpm SHA-256: ce21fcb08aaa8c8215a75c2dcaef31ccd92ea1c7d588367cc7200b974d49610d
libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 623f98488e56920fc5c8fa7208176beaca703eaf2e241ad81743cc517b86e6fd
i386
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 78d746409f44bbd0dd88edb827fee6ecf43ad079ac39ffbd759aa653d0475db5
libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2b70c3aaf614d078ee8ce4ad6d9d773379db4b7c9c930e0441918845838bb1cb
libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 46cd6166a42594c98cf3266d12e617df6ccc3e80556983560c638c23bec6ecda
libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 65fc397bbe46321c9457b16cf458cc4f2fac5195fcd310712e0ae910594f046c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.src.rpm SHA-256: d61bb7758db16343c6c383491ee028bb42b5ecd505baa4aef246e4147da9829b
x86_64
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 78d746409f44bbd0dd88edb827fee6ecf43ad079ac39ffbd759aa653d0475db5
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1de2a310e9dda0a26ef6731aff90c69acb589a3ed5a4b43690187624ca82eb6b
libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2b70c3aaf614d078ee8ce4ad6d9d773379db4b7c9c930e0441918845838bb1cb
libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2b70c3aaf614d078ee8ce4ad6d9d773379db4b7c9c930e0441918845838bb1cb
libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 70e6c9ad0dae80648561635ae35d21d09152b995d517cfa65a9463edc960346c
libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 70e6c9ad0dae80648561635ae35d21d09152b995d517cfa65a9463edc960346c
libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 46cd6166a42594c98cf3266d12e617df6ccc3e80556983560c638c23bec6ecda
libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b9476b2ebcb2c2a2448e3afeb4a5b1cf0a370b42ca8745e4bd5aa58dc1b89179
libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f1eb31bba78d36caab8e783c0fe2febc1427688ae51e57fbc32e548b22dc88a4
i386
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 78d746409f44bbd0dd88edb827fee6ecf43ad079ac39ffbd759aa653d0475db5
libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2b70c3aaf614d078ee8ce4ad6d9d773379db4b7c9c930e0441918845838bb1cb
libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2b70c3aaf614d078ee8ce4ad6d9d773379db4b7c9c930e0441918845838bb1cb
libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 46cd6166a42594c98cf3266d12e617df6ccc3e80556983560c638c23bec6ecda
libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 65fc397bbe46321c9457b16cf458cc4f2fac5195fcd310712e0ae910594f046c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.src.rpm SHA-256: d61bb7758db16343c6c383491ee028bb42b5ecd505baa4aef246e4147da9829b
x86_64
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 78d746409f44bbd0dd88edb827fee6ecf43ad079ac39ffbd759aa653d0475db5
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1de2a310e9dda0a26ef6731aff90c69acb589a3ed5a4b43690187624ca82eb6b
libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2b70c3aaf614d078ee8ce4ad6d9d773379db4b7c9c930e0441918845838bb1cb
libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 70e6c9ad0dae80648561635ae35d21d09152b995d517cfa65a9463edc960346c
libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f1eb31bba78d36caab8e783c0fe2febc1427688ae51e57fbc32e548b22dc88a4
i386
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 78d746409f44bbd0dd88edb827fee6ecf43ad079ac39ffbd759aa653d0475db5
libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2b70c3aaf614d078ee8ce4ad6d9d773379db4b7c9c930e0441918845838bb1cb
libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 65fc397bbe46321c9457b16cf458cc4f2fac5195fcd310712e0ae910594f046c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.src.rpm SHA-256: d61bb7758db16343c6c383491ee028bb42b5ecd505baa4aef246e4147da9829b
s390x
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.s390.rpm SHA-256: 6fdc51ed8a8db11986cd83fddf484dd6a8de5a6d30655b5e6c126cf32570c9cf
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 1fc573a90e4b4cab30d4c269d09e1afccdd49f46c7bc1afd7166c09445a5eb0b
libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.s390.rpm SHA-256: 327716763bb5953179cb7692c0ecd788a12f68b9010ce22af5c39c667520b129
libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 40e31ee097b1370360d0d023e6f0da6afb07f6e9eb554420a9ef68529add0f70
libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.s390.rpm SHA-256: 167cf5a6366154adf9617d1f92d894754f14712d0be14ac76f9a1befc304880e
libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 7a70a3295f2e08f8261c4ad4f1bdd0ce17397969e7c951bc7e7b43ccfc8e8527
libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.s390x.rpm SHA-256: a6eaded0ac4a183d8616d87f8bb619824a07f47590315d51bf313c2e12cbdf47

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.src.rpm SHA-256: d61bb7758db16343c6c383491ee028bb42b5ecd505baa4aef246e4147da9829b
ppc
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.ppc.rpm SHA-256: e3b14cbb7c60e7d60e33dcd1a703a80b727011e645e05197f7bc6a8ffc201d9b
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: ece127b76224709ed78ed382b9bcd5dcdc1ec054c1bbad40455ef518b02a3c70
libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.ppc.rpm SHA-256: e54f3a4d0f4ba5ae7a10988b61218811ff8cff265a03b73cc1180268a7d9d550
libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 9bec5d3edb2c6db9fc0e87281ce6bbac2bee50a2ee229806b1c08df7103043b6
libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 653f34d0d39c8d0ac0c8fa6b2511ca6c5d6422bed191632311a4836455bf212b
libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 944b0b0d69a31675fb6623f5252aee11a412307345d0f344a516bacf5cdaa7f8
libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 8c69aab6ef808397fb3e1424d14d2be0bd3ff7ba460a72dd8293798bc7079475

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.src.rpm SHA-256: d61bb7758db16343c6c383491ee028bb42b5ecd505baa4aef246e4147da9829b
x86_64
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 78d746409f44bbd0dd88edb827fee6ecf43ad079ac39ffbd759aa653d0475db5
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1de2a310e9dda0a26ef6731aff90c69acb589a3ed5a4b43690187624ca82eb6b
libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2b70c3aaf614d078ee8ce4ad6d9d773379db4b7c9c930e0441918845838bb1cb
libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 70e6c9ad0dae80648561635ae35d21d09152b995d517cfa65a9463edc960346c
libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 46cd6166a42594c98cf3266d12e617df6ccc3e80556983560c638c23bec6ecda
libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b9476b2ebcb2c2a2448e3afeb4a5b1cf0a370b42ca8745e4bd5aa58dc1b89179
libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f1eb31bba78d36caab8e783c0fe2febc1427688ae51e57fbc32e548b22dc88a4
i386
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 78d746409f44bbd0dd88edb827fee6ecf43ad079ac39ffbd759aa653d0475db5
libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2b70c3aaf614d078ee8ce4ad6d9d773379db4b7c9c930e0441918845838bb1cb
libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 46cd6166a42594c98cf3266d12e617df6ccc3e80556983560c638c23bec6ecda
libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: 65fc397bbe46321c9457b16cf458cc4f2fac5195fcd310712e0ae910594f046c

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