USN-2875-1: libxml2 vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2875-1

19th January, 2016

libxml2 vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

• Ubuntu 15.10



• Ubuntu 15.04



• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS



• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

libxml2 could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software description

• libxml2
  - GNOME XML library
  
  

Details

It was 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.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 15.10:

Ubuntu 15.04:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
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CVE-2015-8710