RHSA-2014:1885Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: libxml2 security update

Published
November 20, 2014
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2014-3660 →

📋 Description

CVE-2014-3660 — libxml2: denial of service via recursive entity expansion

🎯 Affected products42

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • libxml2-0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • libxml2-0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • libxml2-0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • libxml2-0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • libxml2-0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • libxml2-0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • libxml2-0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • libxml2-0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • libxml2-0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • libxml2-0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • libxml2-0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • libxml2-0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • libxml2-devel-0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • libxml2-devel-0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • libxml2-devel-0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • libxml2-devel-0:2.6.26-2.1.25.el5_11.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

🔗 References (4)