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Ubuntu: libxml2 vulnerability

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LinuxSecurity.com: Brad Fitzpatrick discovered that libxml2 did not correctly handle certain UTF-8 sequences. If a remote attacker were able to trick a user or automated system into processing a specially crafted XML document, the application linked against libxml2 could enter an infinite loop, leading to a denial of service via CPU resource consumption.




Original Source: http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/133311?rdf

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