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CVE-2012-2871

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2012-08-30 chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2012-2871
Phase Assigned(20120519)

Description

libxml2 2.9.0-rc1 and earlier, as used in Google Chrome before 21.0.1180.89, does not properly support a cast of an unspecified variable during handling of XSL transforms, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unknown other impact via a crafted document, related to the _xmlNs data structure in include/libxml/tree.h.

References

Source Reference
CONFIRM http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=138673
CONFIRM http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/08/stable-channel-update_30.html
CONFIRM http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxml/src/include/libxml/tree.h?r1=56276&r2=149930
CONFIRM http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxml/src/include/libxml/tree.h?view=log
CONFIRM https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10824157
CONFIRM http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934
CONFIRM http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6001
APPLE APPLE-SA-2013-09-18-2
APPLE APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-8
DEBIAN DSA-2555
MANDRIVA MDVSA-2012:164
SUSE openSUSE-SU-2012:1215
SECUNIA 50838
SECUNIA 54886
XF chrome-xsl-transforms-code-exec(78179)