[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

Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.1 changelog:

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Wed Oct 17 21:04:47 EDT 2018
lib-general/libxml2 rebuilt (build 3) to fix CVE-2018-14404, a security
	vulnerability which allowed for a denial of service (application crash)
	when parsing an invalid XPath expression. For more information see:
		https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=578
		https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14404
multilib/lib-general/libxml2-lib_i686 rebuilt (build 3, 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-578 [CVE-2018-14404]
    (https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=578)

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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