USN-3504-1: libxml2 vulnerability
USN-3504-1: libxml2 vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3504-1 5th December, 2017 libxml2 vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 17.10 Ubuntu 17.04 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary libxml2 could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file. Software description libxml2 – GNOME XML library Details Wei Lei discovered that libxml2 incorrecty handled certain parameterentities. An attacker could use this issue with specially constructed XMLdata to cause libxml2 to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 17.10: libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-4ubuntu1.1 libxml2-utils 2.9.4+dfsg1-4ubuntu1.1 python-libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-4ubuntu1.1 python3-libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-4ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 17.04: libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2ubuntu0.2 libxml2-utils 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2ubuntu0.2 python-libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2ubuntu0.2 python3-libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: libxml2 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.4 libxml2-utils 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.4 python-libxml2 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.4 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libxml2 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.11 libxml2-utils 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.11 python-libxml2 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.11 [ more… ]