Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Expat vulnerability (USN-8520-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-8520-1 advisory. It was discovered that Expat used insufficient entropy when generating hash salt values for its internal hash table. An attacker could use this to craft an XML...

USN-8520-1 expat vulnerability

It was discovered that Expat used insufficient entropy when generating hash salt values for its internal hash table. An attacker could use this to craft an XML document that triggers hash flooding, leading to a denial of service...