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vmwareVMwareVMSA-2008-0017.2
HistoryOct 31, 2008 - 12:00 a.m.

Updated ESX packages for libxml2, ucd-snmp, libtiff

2008-10-3100:00:00
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0.971 High

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99.8%

a. Updated ESX Service Console package libxml2A denial of service flaw was found in the way libxml2 processescertain content. If an application that is linked againstlibxml2 processes malformed XML content, the XML content mightcause the application to stop responding.The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)has assigned the name CVE-2008-3281 to this issue.Additionally the following was also fixed, but was missing in thesecurity advisory.A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libxml2handled long XML entity names. If an application linked againstlibxml2 processed untrusted malformed XML content, it could causethe application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code.The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)has assigned the name CVE-2008-3529 to this issue.The following table lists what action remediates the vulnerability(column 4) if a solution is available.