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Ubuntu: USN-2994-1 (CVE-2016-1837): libxml2 vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-2994-1 (CVE-2016-1837): libxml2 vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/20/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/06/2016
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the (1) htmlPArsePubidLiteral and (2) htmlParseSystemiteral functions in libxml2 before 2.9.4, as used in Apple iOS before 9.3.2, OS X before 10.11.5, tvOS before 9.2.1, and watchOS before 2.2.1, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted XML document.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libxml2

References

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