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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-9049): libxml2 vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
May 18, 2017
Added
Sep 19, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

libxml2 20904-GITv2.9.4-16-g0741801 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in the xmlDictComputeFastKey function in dict.c. This vulnerability causes programs that use libxml2, such as PHP, to crash. This vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for libxml2 Bug 759398.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-libxml2
Title
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