Executive Summary

Informations
NameMDVSA-2010:260First vendor Publication2010-12-29
VendorMandrivaLast vendor Modification2010-12-29
Severity (Vendor) N/ARevisionN/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score10Attack RangeNetwork
Cvss Impact Score10Attack ComplexityLow
Cvss Expoit Score10AuthentificationNone Required
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Detail

A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in libxml2:

A double free vulnerability in libxml2 (xpath.c) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to XPath handling (CVE-2010-4494).

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The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Original Source

Url : http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:260

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

idName
CWE-399Resource Management Errors

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11916
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11916
Title: Double free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 8.0.552.215 via vectors related to XPath handling
Description: Double free vulnerability in libxml2 2.7.8 and other versions, as used in Google Chrome before 8.0.552.215 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to XPath handling.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2010-4494
Version: 13
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows XP
Product(s): Google Chrome
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application853

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

idDescription
69673Google Chrome XPath Handling Double-free Remote DoS