libxml -- remote buffer overflows

Description:

infamous41md reports that libxml contains multiple buffer overflows in the URL parsing and DNS name resolving functions. These vulnerabilities could lead to execution of arbitrary code.

References:

• CVE name CVE-2004-0989
• BugTraq ID 11526
• List post: <http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=109880813013482>(search)
• URL: <http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-582>

Affects:

• libxml <1.8.17_3
• libxml2 <2.6.15

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