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Cent OS: CVE-2012-0841: CESA-2013:0217 (mingw32-libxml2)

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Cent OS: CVE-2012-0841: CESA-2013:0217 (mingw32-libxml2)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/21/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

libxml2 before 2.8.0 computes hash values without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted XML data.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-libxml2
  • centos-upgrade-libxml2-devel
  • centos-upgrade-libxml2-python
  • centos-upgrade-libxml2-static
  • centos-upgrade-mingw32-libxml2
  • centos-upgrade-mingw32-libxml2-static

References

  • APPLE-SA-2013-09-18-2
  • APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-8
  • 52107
  • DSA-2417
  • MDVSA-2013:150
  • CVE-2012-0841
  • RHSA-2012:0324
  • RHSA-2013:0217
  • 1026723
  • SUSE-SU-2013:1627
  • USN-1376-1
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