[Bug 1276300] New: CVE-2015-7942 mingw-libxml2: libxml2: heap-based buffer overflow in xmlParseConditionalSections() [epel-7]

[Red Hat Bugzilla]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276300

Bug ID: 1276300
           Summary: CVE-2015-7942 mingw-libxml2: libxml2: heap-based
                    buffer overflow in xmlParseConditionalSections()
                    [epel-7]
           Product: Fedora EPEL
           Version: epel7
         Component: mingw-libxml2
          Keywords: Security, SecurityTracking
          Severity: medium
          Priority: medium
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
        QA Contact: [e-mail]
                CC: [e-mail], [e-mail],
                    [e-mail],
                    [e-mail], [e-mail],
                    [e-mail], [e-mail]
            Blocks: 1276297 (CVE-2015-7942)

This is an automatically created tracking bug!  It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora EPEL.

For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.

For more information see:
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When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s).  This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.

Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.

epel-7 tracking bug for mingw-libxml2: see blocks bug list for full details of
the security issue(s).

This bug is never intended to be made public, please put any public notes
in the blocked bugs.

[bug automatically created by: add-tracking-bugs]

Referenced Bugs:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276297
[Bug 1276297] CVE-2015-7942 libxml2: heap-based buffer overflow in
xmlParseConditionalSections()

[Bug 1276300] CVE-2015-7942 mingw-libxml2: libxml2: heap-based buffer overflow in xmlParseConditionalSections() [epel-7]

[Red Hat Bugzilla]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276300

--- Comment #1 from Martin Prpic  ---

Use the following template to for the 'fedpkg update' request to submit an
update for this issue as it contains the top-level parent bug(s) as well as
this tracking bug.  This will ensure that all associated bugs get updated
when new packages are pushed to stable.

=====

# bugfix, security, enhancement, newpackage (required)
type=security

# testing, stable
request=testing

# Bug numbers: 1234,9876
bugs=1276297,1276300

# Description of your update
notes=Security fix for CVE-2015-7942

# Enable request automation based on the stable/unstable karma thresholds
autokarma=True
stable_karma=3
unstable_karma=-3

# Automatically close bugs when this marked as stable
close_bugs=True

# Suggest that users restart after update
suggest_reboot=False

======

Additionally, you may opt to use the bodhi update submission link(s) instead:

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/new?type_=security&bugs=1276297,...

[Bug 1276300] CVE-2015-7942 mingw-libxml2: libxml2: heap-based buffer overflow in xmlParseConditionalSections() [epel-7]

[Red Hat Bugzilla]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276300

--- Comment #2 from Fedora Update System  ---
mingw-libxml2-2.9.3-1.el7 has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 7.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2016-6a9bb3d488

[Bug 1276300] CVE-2015-7942 mingw-libxml2: libxml2: heap-based buffer overflow in xmlParseConditionalSections() [epel-7]

[Red Hat Bugzilla]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276300

Fedora Update System  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Status|NEW                         |MODIFIED

[Bug 1276300] CVE-2015-7942 mingw-libxml2: libxml2: heap-based buffer overflow in xmlParseConditionalSections() [epel-7]

[Red Hat Bugzilla]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276300

Fedora Update System  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Status|MODIFIED                    |ON_QA

--- Comment #3 from Fedora Update System  ---
mingw-libxml2-2.9.3-1.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 testing
repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug
report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here:
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2016-6a9bb3d488

[Bug 1276300] CVE-2015-7942 mingw-libxml2: libxml2: heap-based buffer overflow in xmlParseConditionalSections() [epel-7]

[Red Hat Bugzilla]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276300

--- Comment #4 from Fedora Update System  ---
mingw-libxml2-2.9.3-1.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 stable
repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug
report.

[Bug 1276300] CVE-2015-7942 mingw-libxml2: libxml2: heap-based buffer overflow in xmlParseConditionalSections() [epel-7]

[Red Hat Bugzilla]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276300

Fedora Update System  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Status|ON_QA                       |CLOSED
   Fixed In Version|                            |mingw-libxml2-2.9.3-1.el7
         Resolution|---                         |ERRATA
        Last Closed|                            |2016-02-24 12:58:33