Debian Security Advisory

DLA-1188-1 libxml2 -- LTS security update

Date Reported:
23 Nov 2017
Affected Packages:
libxml2
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-5130.
More information:

Pranjal Jumde (@pjumde) reported an heap overflow in memory debug code of libxml2.

For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 2.8.0+dfsg1-7+wheezy10.

We recommend that you upgrade your libxml2 packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS