Executive Summary

Summary
Title libxml2 vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-3513-1 First vendor Publication 2017-12-13
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2017-12-13
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector :
Cvss Base Score N/A Attack Range N/A
Cvss Impact Score N/A Attack Complexity N/A
Cvss Expoit Score N/A Authentication N/A
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Detail

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 or run arbitrary code if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description: - libxml2: GNOME XML library

Details:

It was discovered that libxml2 incorrecty handled certain files. An attacker could use this issue with specially constructed XML data 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 versions:

Ubuntu 17.10: ﾃつ libxml2ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 2.9.4+dfsg1-4ubuntu1.2 ﾃつ libxml2-utilsﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 2.9.4+dfsg1-4ubuntu1.2 ﾃつ python-libxml2ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 2.9.4+dfsg1-4ubuntu1.2 ﾃつ python3-libxml2ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 2.9.4+dfsg1-4ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 17.04: ﾃつ libxml2ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2ubuntu0.3 ﾃつ libxml2-utilsﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2ubuntu0.3 ﾃつ python-libxml2ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2ubuntu0.3 ﾃつ python3-libxml2ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: ﾃつ libxml2ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.5 ﾃつ libxml2-utilsﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.5 ﾃつ python-libxml2ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.5

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: ﾃつ libxml2ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.12 ﾃつ libxml2-utilsﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.12 ﾃつ python-libxml2ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.12

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References: ﾃつ https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3513-1 ﾃつ CVE-2017-15412

Package Information: ﾃつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxml2/2.9.4+dfsg1-4ubuntu1.2 ﾃつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxml2/2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2ubuntu0.3 ﾃつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxml2/2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.5 ﾃつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxml2/2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.12

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3513-1

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Date Informations
2017-12-15 13:23:45
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2017-12-13 17:23:39
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2017-12-13 17:21:31
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