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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3739-1
August 14, 2018
libxml2 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in libxml2.
Software Description:
– libxml2: GNOME XML library
Details:
Matias Brutti discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML
files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive
information. (CVE-2016-9318)
It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-16932)
It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2017-18258, CVE-2018-14404, CVE-2018-14567)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.2
libxml2-utils 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.2
python-libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.2
python3-libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.2
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libxml2 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.6
libxml2-utils 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.6
python-libxml2 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.6
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libxml2 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13
libxml2-utils 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13
python-libxml2 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3739-1
CVE-2016-9318, CVE-2017-16932, CVE-2017-18258, CVE-2018-14404,
CVE-2018-14567
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxml2/2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxml2/2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.6
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