USN-1016-1: libxml2 vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 10.10
• Ubuntu 10.04
• Ubuntu 9.10
• Ubuntu 8.04
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• libxml2 - GNOME XML library

Details

Bui Quang Minh discovered that libxml2 did not properly process XPath
namespaces and attributes. If an application using libxml2 opened a
specially crafted XML file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or
possibly execute code as the user invoking the program.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 9.10

• libxml2 - 2.7.5.dfsg-1ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 8.04

• libxml2 - 2.6.31.dfsg-2ubuntu1.5

Ubuntu 6.06

• libxml2 - 2.6.24.dfsg-1ubuntu1.6

Ubuntu 10.10

• libxml2 - 2.7.7.dfsg-4ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 10.04

• libxml2 - 2.7.6.dfsg-1ubuntu1.1

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2010-4008