[Cucumber-linux-security] libxml2 (security update is available)

[Scott C. <sc...@cu...>]

  Update Information

A security update is available for libxml2 for the following versions of
Cucumber Linux:

  * 1.0
  * 1.1 Beta

Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.0 changelog:

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Sat Jan 13 18:10:24 EST 2018
lib-general/libxml2 upgraded from 2.9.5 to 2.9.7 to fix CVE-2017-15412, a use
	after free vulnerability that had the potential to result in memory
	corruption. For more information see:
		https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15412
		http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=223
		https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=0f3b843b3534784ef57a4f9b874238aa1fda5a73
multilib/lib-general/libxml2-lib_i686 upgraded from 2.9.5 to 2.9.7 (x86_64 only)
* SECURITY FIX *
+----------------+

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  CLD and CVE Information

This update is associated with the following Cucumber Linux Deficiency
(CLD) and CVE numbers:

  * CLD-223 [CVE-2017-15412]
    (http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=223)

More information about these CLDs can be found at their respective pages
on the Cucumber Linux Security Advisory Tracker (these are the URLs in
parenthesis above).

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  Installing the Update

The updated package can be installed via Pickle by running the following
commands (as root):

# pickle --update
# pickle

Make sure libxml2 is selected on the update list, and then select Ok.
Pickle will then install the updated package.

If you prefer to download the updated package manually, it can be found
on the mirror at http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/.

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