USN-4040-1: Expat vulnerability
USN-4040-1: Expat vulnerability expat vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 19.04 Ubuntu 18.10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Expat could be made to consume a high amount of RAM and CPU resources if it received a specially crafted XML file. Software Description expat – XML parsing C library Details It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled certain XML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.04 libexpat1 – 2.2.6-1ubuntu0.19.04 Ubuntu 18.10 libexpat1 – 2.2.6-1ubuntu0.18.10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libexpat1 – 2.2.5-3ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS lib64expat1 – 2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.4 libexpat1 – 2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.4 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update will make all [ more… ]