vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-9318): libxml2 vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Nov 15, 2016
Added
Aug 17, 2018
Modified
Aug 18, 2025

Description

Matias Brutti discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
(CVE-2016-9318)

It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-16932)

It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2017-18258, CVE-2018-14404, CVE-2018-14567)

Solutions

ubuntu-upgrade-libxml2ubuntu-upgrade-libxml2-utilsubuntu-upgrade-python-libxml2ubuntu-upgrade-python3-libxml2
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