Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : xmltok library vulnerability (USN-7307-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7307-1 advisory. Tim Boddy discovered that Expat, contained within the xmltok library, did not properly handle memory reallocation when...

USN-7307-1: xmltok library vulnerability

Tim Boddy discovered that Expat, contained within the xmltok library, did not properly handle memory reallocation when processing XML files. If a user or application linked against Expat were tricked into opening a crafted XML file, an attacker could cause a denial of service by consuming excessi...

USN-7199-1: xmltok library vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Expat, contained within the xmltok library, incorrectly handled malformed XML data. If a user or application were tricked into opening a crafted XML file, an attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2015-1283, CVE-2016-0718,...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : xmltok library vulnerabilities (USN-7199-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7199-1 advisory. It was discovered that Expat, contained within the xmltok library, incorrectly handled malformed XML data. If...

USN-7001-2: xmltok library vulnerabilities

USN-7001-1 fixed vulnerabilities in xmltol library. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Shang-Hung Wan discovered that Expat, contained within the xmltok library, did not properly handle certain function calls when a negative input lengt...

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : xmltok library vulnerabilities (USN-7001-2)

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7001-2 advisory. USN-7001-1 fixed vulnerabilities in xmltol library. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Tenable has extracted the...

USN-7001-1: xmltok library vulnerabilities

Shang-Hung Wan discovered that Expat, contained within the xmltok library, did not properly handle certain function calls when a negative input length was provided. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2024-45490 Shang-Hung Wan...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : xmltok library vulnerabilities (USN-7001-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7001-1 advisory. Shang-Hung Wan discovered that Expat, contained within the xmltok library, did not properly handle certain function...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM / 22.04 ESM : xmltok library vulnerabilities (USN-5455-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM / 22.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5455-1 advisory. Tim Boddy, Gustavo Grieco and others discovered that Expat, that is integrated in xmltok library, incorrectly handled...

USN-5455-1 libxmltok vulnerabilities

Tim Boddy, Gustavo Grieco and others discovered that Expat, that is integrated in xmltok library, incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use these issues to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. These issues were only addressed in Ubuntu 16.04 ESM...