USN-2834-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2834-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2834-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-2834-1
Related
Published
2015-12-14T12:53:56.293141Z
Modified
2015-12-14T12:53:56.293141Z
Summary
libxml2 vulnerabilities
Details

Kostya Serebryany discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain malformed documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could possibly cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5312, CVE-2015-7497, CVE-2015-7498, CVE-2015-7499,CVE-2015-7500)

Hugh Davenport discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain malformed documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could possibly cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-8241, CVE-2015-8242)

Hanno Boeck discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain malformed documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could possibly cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.04. (CVE-2015-8317)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml2@2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6?arch=src?distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6

Affected versions

2.*

2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu3
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.1
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.2
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.3
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.4
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "libxml2-dev": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6",
            "libxml2-utils-dbgsym": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6",
            "python-libxml2-dbgsym": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6",
            "libxml2-utils": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6",
            "libxml2-doc": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6",
            "python-libxml2": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6",
            "libxml2": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6",
            "libxml2-udeb-dbgsym": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6",
            "python-libxml2-dbg": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6",
            "libxml2-dbgsym": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6",
            "libxml2-utils-dbg": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6",
            "libxml2-dev-dbgsym": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6",
            "libxml2-dbg": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6",
            "libxml2-udeb": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6"
        }
    ]
}