USN-2983-1: Expat vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2983-1
18th May, 2016
expat vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 15.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
Expat could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a
specially crafted file.
Software description
- expat
– XML parsing C library
Details
Gustavo Grieco discovered that Expat incorrectly handled malformed XML
data. If a user or application linked against Expat were tricked into
opening a crafted XML file, an attacker could cause a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-0718)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
-
libexpat1
2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.1
-
lib64expat1
2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.1
- Ubuntu 15.10:
-
libexpat1
2.1.0-7ubuntu0.15.10.1
-
lib64expat1
2.1.0-7ubuntu0.15.10.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
libexpat1
2.1.0-4ubuntu1.2
-
lib64expat1
2.1.0-4ubuntu1.2
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
libexpat1
2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1.3
-
lib64expat1
2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1.3
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart any applications linked
against Expat to effect the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-2983-1: Expat vulnerability
