Summary
The remote host is missing an update to libxml2
announced via advisory DSA 2255-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202255-1
Insight
Chris Evans discovered that libxml was vulnerable to buffer overflows, which allowed a crafted XML input file to potentially execute arbitrary code.
For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.32.dfsg-5+lenny4.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.8.dfsg-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your libxml2 packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-1944 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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