libxml2 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
- Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in libxml2.
Software Description
- libxml2 - GNOME XML library
Details
It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2019-19956, CVE-2020-7595)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 19.10
- libxml2 - 2.9.4+dfsg1-7ubuntu3.1
- libxml2-utils - 2.9.4+dfsg1-7ubuntu3.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libxml2 - 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.3
- libxml2-utils - 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.3
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libxml2 - 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7
- libxml2-utils - 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
- libxml2 - 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm1
- libxml2-utils - 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm1
- Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
- libxml2 - 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.22
- libxml2-utils - 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.22
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.