First published: Thu Aug 21 2008(Updated: )
The libxml2 packages provide a library that allows you to manipulate XML<br>files. It includes support to read, modify, and write XML and HTML files.<br>A denial of service flaw was found in the way libxml2 processes certain<br>content. If an application linked against libxml2 processes malformed XML<br>content, it could cause the application to stop responding. (CVE-2008-3281)<br>Red Hat would like to thank Andreas Solberg for responsibly disclosing this<br>issue.<br>All users of libxml2 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,<br>which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue.
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