USN-2983-1: Expat vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 15.10
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

• expat - XML parsing C library

Details

Gustavo Grieco discovered that Expat incorrectly handled malformed XML
data. If a user or application linked against Expat were tricked into
opening a crafted XML file, an attacker could cause a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-0718)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04

• lib64expat1 - 2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.1
• libexpat1 - 2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 15.10

• lib64expat1 - 2.1.0-7ubuntu0.15.10.1
• libexpat1 - 2.1.0-7ubuntu0.15.10.1

Ubuntu 14.04

• lib64expat1 - 2.1.0-4ubuntu1.2
• libexpat1 - 2.1.0-4ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 12.04

• lib64expat1 - 2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1.3
• libexpat1 - 2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1.3

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart any applications linked
against Expat to effect the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2016-0718

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