Executive Summary

Summary
Title libxml2 vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-4274-1 First vendor Publication 2020-02-10
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2020-02-10
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 7.5
Base Score 7.5 Environmental Score 7.5
impact SubScore 3.6 Temporal Score 7.5
Exploitabality Sub Score 3.9
 
Attack Vector Network Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 19.10 - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 ESM - Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in libxml2.

Software Description: - libxml2: GNOME XML library

Details:

It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-19956, CVE-2020-7595)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 19.10:
libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-7ubuntu3.1
libxml2-utils 2.9.4+dfsg1-7ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.3
libxml2-utils 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libxml2 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7
libxml2-utils 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
libxml2 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm1
libxml2-utils 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm1

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
libxml2 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.22
libxml2-utils 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.22

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

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4274-1
CVE-2019-19956, CVE-2020-7595

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxml2/2.9.4+dfsg1-7ubuntu3.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxml2/2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxml2/2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-4274-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-401 Failure to Release Memory Before Removing Last Reference ('Memory Leak')

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Application 1
Application 1
Application 1
Application 1
Application 1
Application 1
Application 1
Application 1
Application 1
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Application 1
Application 1
Application 1
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Application 149
Os 5
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Date Informations
2020-05-23 13:03:46
  • Multiple Updates
2020-02-10 17:19:00
  • First insertion