Vulnerability Bulletins

DSA-3593 libxml2 - security update

   
Affected software Debian
 
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in libxml2, a library providingsupport to read, modify and write XML and HTML files. A remote attackercould provide a specially crafted XML or HTML file that, when processedby an application using libxml2, would cause a denial-of-service againstthe application, or potentially the execution of arbitrary code with theprivileges of the user running the application.

More info:

https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593