Summary
The remote host is missing an update to libxml2
announced via advisory DSA 2137-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202137-1
Insight
Yang Dingning discovered a double free in libxml's Xpath processing, which might allow the execution of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.32.dfsg-5+lenny3.
For the upcoming stable distribution (squeeze) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.8.dfsg-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your libxml2 packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-4494 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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