77707 : Google Chrome libxml Out-of-bounds Read Remote DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2011-12-13

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2011-3905" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : libxml2, as used in Google Chrome before 16.0.912.63, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Private
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 16.0.912.63 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Google, Inc.

Chrome

15.0.874.121

References

OVAL ID: 14761
CVE ID: 2011-3905 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 47231 47537 47538 47540 47637 47715 48959 49858 49930 51373 52051 52437
Bugtraq ID: 51084
Related OSVDB ID: 77706 77708 77709 77710 77711 77712 77713 77714 77715 77716 77717 77718 77719 77720
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95465 [ Auth Req'd ]
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/12/stable-channel-update.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2394
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1334-1/
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0008.html
Packet Storm: http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112296/VMware-Security-Advisory-2012-0008.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.juniper.net/alerts/viewalert.jsp?txtAlertNumber=PSN-2012-11-767
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0012.html
http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16aeb-4cd3628b94080/cert_XRX12-009_v1.1.pdf
https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_denial_of_service_dos3
Other Advisory URL: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:188
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2012:0016 RHSA-2012:0017 RHSA-2012:0018 RHSA-2013:0217

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2011-12-14 | Disagree?

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