[Secure-testing-team] Bug#782782: libxml2: CVE-2015-1819: denial of service processing a crafted XML document

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: libxml2
Version: 2.9.2+dfsg1-1
Severity: important
Tags: security patch upstream fixed-upstream

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for libxml2.

CVE-2015-1819[0]:
denial of service processing a crafted XML document

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1819
[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211278
[2] https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=213f1fe0d76d30eaed6e5853057defc43e6df2c9

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore