Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201711-1 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libxml2, the worst of which could result in the execution of arbitrary code. Versions prior to 2.9.4-r3 are affected.
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Ubuntu Security Notice 3424-2 - USN-3424-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in libxml2. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. A It was discovered that a type confusion error existed in libxml2. An A attacker could use this to specially construct XML data that A could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary A code. Various other issues were also addressed.
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Ubuntu Security Notice 3424-1 - It was discovered that a type confusion error existed in libxml2. An attacker could use this to specially construct XML data that could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. It was discovered that libxml2 did not properly validate parsed entity references. An attacker could use this to specially construct XML data that could expose sensitive information. Various other issues were also addressed.
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