Hi,
Attached is the patch I plan to apply as an nmu fixing an RC bug in
this package.
Best wishes,
Mike
diff -u libxml2-2.7.8.dfsg/parser.c libxml2-2.7.8.dfsg/parser.c
--- libxml2-2.7.8.dfsg/parser.c
+++ libxml2-2.7.8.dfsg/parser.c
@@ -2709,7 +2709,7 @@
buffer[nbchars++] = '&';
if (nbchars > buffer_size - i - XML_PARSER_BUFFER_SIZE) {
- growBuffer(buffer, XML_PARSER_BUFFER_SIZE);
+ growBuffer(buffer, i + XML_PARSER_BUFFER_SIZE);
}
for (;i > 0;i--)
buffer[nbchars++] = *cur++;
diff -u libxml2-2.7.8.dfsg/debian/changelog libxml2-2.7.8.dfsg/debian/changelog
--- libxml2-2.7.8.dfsg/debian/changelog
+++ libxml2-2.7.8.dfsg/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+libxml2 (2.7.8.dfsg-6.1) unstable; urgency=high
+
+ * Non-maintainer upload by the Security Team.
+ * Fix CVE-2011-3919: buffer overflow in parser.c (closes: #656377).
+
+ -- Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilb...@gmail.com> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:29:49 -0500
+
libxml2 (2.7.8.dfsg-6) unstable; urgency=low
* Team upload.
