Issued:
2013-03-05
Updated:
2013-03-05

RHBA-2013:0591 - libxml2 bug fix update

Synopsis

libxml2 bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated libxml2 packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The libxml2 software library is used to manipulate XML files. It includes support to read, modify and write XML and HTML files. It is also the basis for the libxslt library which processes XSLT-1.0 stylesheets.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Due to errors in the internal regular expression support, libxml2 sometimes failed when validating XMLs with certain XSD and Relax-NG files. Currently, the relaxng and xmlregexp codes are modified and libxml2 can now validate XMLs with those specific XSD and Relax-NG files. (BZ#915350)

  • Previously, an internal routine xmlDOMWrapCloneNode would fail to preserve the namespace of an XML element being copied, which caused the namespace of the parameter node to be omitted from the copy. With this update, the problem no longer occurs. (BZ#915837)

Users of libxml2 parser are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.

Solution

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/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.9x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.9ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.9i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support5.9ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support5.9s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI5.9x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI5.9i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS5.9x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS5.9ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS5.9i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.21.el5_9.2.i386.rpm
  • libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.21.el5_9.2.i386.rpm
  • libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.21.el5_9.2.x86_64.rpm
  • libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.21.el5_9.2.i386.rpm
  • libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.21.el5_9.2.x86_64.rpm
  • libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.21.el5_9.2.ppc.rpm
  • libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.21.el5_9.2.x86_64.rpm
  • libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.21.el5_9.2.s390x.rpm
  • libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.26-2.1.21.el5_9.2.x86_64.rpm
  • libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.21.el5_9.2.ia64.rpm
  • libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.26-2.1.21.el5_9.2.s390.rpm
  • libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.21.el5_9.2.s390x.rpm
  • libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.26-2.1.21.el5_9.2.i386.rpm
  • libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.21.el5_9.2.src.rpm
  • libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.21.el5_9.2.ppc64.rpm
  • libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.21.el5_9.2.s390x.rpm
  • libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.21.el5_9.2.s390.rpm
  • libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.21.el5_9.2.ppc64.rpm
  • libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.21.el5_9.2.ppc.rpm
  • libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.26-2.1.21.el5_9.2.s390x.rpm
  • libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.26-2.1.21.el5_9.2.ppc.rpm
  • libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.26-2.1.21.el5_9.2.ppc64.rpm
  • libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.21.el5_9.2.s390.rpm
  • libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.21.el5_9.2.ppc.rpm
  • libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.26-2.1.21.el5_9.2.ia64.rpm
  • libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.21.el5_9.2.ia64.rpm
  • libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.21.el5_9.2.ia64.rpm

Fixes

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References

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