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.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=src?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": [
        {
            "libxml2": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.1",
            "libxml2-dev": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.1",
            "libxml2-utils": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.1",
            "libxml2-doc": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.1",
            "libxml2-dbg": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.1",
            "libxml2-utils-dbg": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.1",
            "libxml2-udeb": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.1",
            "python-libxml2-dbg": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.1",
            "python-libxml2": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.1"
        }
    ]
}