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CVE-2010-4008

Published: 8 November 2010

libxml2 before 2.7.8, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, Apple Safari 5.0.2 and earlier, and other products, reads from invalid memory locations during processing of malformed XPath expressions, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted XML document.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
libxml2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper
Released (2.6.24.dfsg-1ubuntu1.6)
hardy
Released (2.6.31.dfsg-2ubuntu1.5)
karmic
Released (2.7.5.dfsg-1ubuntu1.2)
lucid
Released (2.7.6.dfsg-1ubuntu1.1)
maverick
Released (2.7.7.dfsg-4ubuntu0.1)
upstream
Released (2.7.8.dfsg-1)
Patches:
upstream: http://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=91d19754d46acd4a639a8b9e31f50f31c78f8c9c
upstream: http://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=ea90b894146030c214a7df6d8375310174f134b9