Mageia alert MGASA-2012-0213 (libxml2)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2012-0213: libxml2-2.7.8-9.7.mga1
 (1/core), libxml2-2.7.8-14.20120229.3.mga2 (2/core) 
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Sun, 12 Aug 2012 21:28:43 +0200
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MGASA-2012-0213
Date: 	August 12th, 2012
Affected releases: 	1, 2


Description:
Updated libxml2 packages fix security vulnerability:

Multiple integer overflows in libxml2, on 64-bit Linux platforms
allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have
unspecified other impact via unknown vectors (CVE-2012-2807).


Updated Packages:
Mageia 1:
lib(64)xml2_2-2.7.8-9.7.mga1
lib(64)xml2-devel-2.7.8-9.7.mga1
libxml2-python-2.7.8-9.7.mga1
libxml2-utils-2.7.8-9.7.mga1

Mageia 2:
lib(64)xml2_2-2.7.8-14.20120229.3.mga2
lib64)xml2-devel-2.7.8-14.20120229.3mga2
libxml2-python-2.7.8-14.20120229.3.mga2
libxml2-utils-2.7.8-14.20120229..mga2


References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2807
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/?d...
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6985
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-...