From: Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
To: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>, guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] Libxml2 CVE-2016-4658 and CVE-2016-5131
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 15:39:43 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87eg0xo0gg.fsf@kirby.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1482528245.git.leo@famulari.name>
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Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> writes:
> This patch fixes CVE-2016-4658 and CVE-2016-5131 in libxml2.
>
> I noticed that Debian applied several more upstream changes to their
> package:
>
> https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debian-xml-sgml/libxml2.git/tree/debian/patches
>
> Here is the upstream repository:
>
> https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/log/
>
> Your thoughts?
The patches LGTM. I'm confused by CVE-2016-4658, the only "affected
products" seem to be Apple-based platforms, yet the code itself does
not seem platform-specific. And it looks like a serious vulnerability.
The other patch is less severe, but at least has some references in free
software circles. I'd say push them. Should it be grafted, or can we
wait for the next 'core-updates' evaluation?
I did not look into the other Debian patches.
>
> Leo Famulari (1):
> gnu: libxml: Fix CVE-2016-{4658,5131}.
>
> gnu/local.mk | 2 +
> gnu/packages/patches/libxml2-CVE-2016-4658.patch | 257 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> gnu/packages/patches/libxml2-CVE-2016-5131.patch | 218 +++++++++++++++++++
> gnu/packages/xml.scm | 2 +
> 4 files changed, 479 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 gnu/packages/patches/libxml2-CVE-2016-4658.patch
> create mode 100644 gnu/packages/patches/libxml2-CVE-2016-5131.patch
>
> --
> 2.11.0
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-12-24 14:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-12-23 21:24 [PATCH 0/1] Libxml2 CVE-2016-4658 and CVE-2016-5131 Leo Famulari
2016-12-23 21:24 ` [PATCH 1/1] gnu: libxml: Fix CVE-2016-{4658,5131} Leo Famulari
2016-12-24 14:39 ` Marius Bakke [this message]
2016-12-24 16:24 ` [PATCH 0/1] Libxml2 CVE-2016-4658 and CVE-2016-5131 Leo Famulari
2016-12-25 0:25 ` Leo Famulari
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