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Ubuntu: USN-5061-1 (CVE-2021-31598): Scilab vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-5061-1 (CVE-2021-31598): Scilab vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/24/2021
Created
03/29/2023
Added
03/22/2023
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

An issue was discovered in libezxml.a in ezXML 0.8.6. The function ezxml_decode() performs incorrect memory handling while parsing crafted XML files, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-scilab
  • ubuntu-upgrade-scilab-data
  • ubuntu-upgrade-scilab-full-bin
  • ubuntu-upgrade-scilab-minimal-bin
  • ubuntu-upgrade-scilab-test

References

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