USN-2214-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2214-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2214-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-2214-1
Related
Published
2014-05-15T17:26:03.761934Z
Modified
2014-05-15T17:26:03.761934Z
Summary
libxml2 vulnerability
Details

Daniel Berrange discovered that libxml2 would incorrectly perform entity substitution even when requested not to. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could possibly cause resource consumption, resulting in a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml2@2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu3
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-dbg",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-doc",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-udeb",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-utils",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-utils-dbg",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-libxml2",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-libxml2-dbg",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.1"
        }
    ]
}