Ubuntu: USN-3739-1 (CVE-2018-14567): libxml2 vulnerabilities
4
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
08/14/2018
03/19/2019
08/17/2018
09/12/2020
Description
libxml2 2.9.8, if --with-lzma is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted XML file that triggers LZMA_MEMLIMIT_ERROR, as demonstrated by xmllint, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8035 and CVE-2018-9251.
Solution(s)
- ubuntu-upgrade-libxml2
- ubuntu-upgrade-libxml2-utils
- ubuntu-upgrade-python-libxml2
- ubuntu-upgrade-python3-libxml2
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