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Cent OS: CVE-2012-2807: CESA-2012:1288 (libxml2)

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Cent OS: CVE-2012-2807: CESA-2012:1288 (libxml2)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/27/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

Multiple integer overflows in libxml2, as used in Google Chrome before 20.0.1132.43 and other products, on 64-bit Linux platforms allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Solution(s)

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

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