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HistorySep 27, 2012 - 12:00 a.m.

libxml2 vulnerability

2012-09-2700:00:00
ubuntu.com
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6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.043 Low

EPSS

Percentile

92.2%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 12.04
  • Ubuntu 11.10
  • Ubuntu 11.04
  • Ubuntu 10.04
  • Ubuntu 8.04

Packages

  • libxml2 - GNOME XML library

Details

Juri Aedla discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain memory
operations. If a user or application linked against libxml2 were tricked
into opening a specially crafted XML file, an attacker could cause the
application to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges
of the user invoking the program.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu8.04noarchlibxml2< 2.6.31.dfsg-2ubuntu1.10UNKNOWN
Ubuntu8.04noarchlibxml2-dbg< 2.6.31.dfsg-2ubuntu1.10UNKNOWN
Ubuntu8.04noarchlibxml2-dev< 2.6.31.dfsg-2ubuntu1.10UNKNOWN
Ubuntu8.04noarchlibxml2-udeb< 2.6.31.dfsg-2ubuntu1.10UNKNOWN
Ubuntu8.04noarchlibxml2-utils< 2.6.31.dfsg-2ubuntu1.10UNKNOWN
Ubuntu8.04noarchpython-libxml2< 2.6.31.dfsg-2ubuntu1.10UNKNOWN
Ubuntu8.04noarchpython-libxml2-dbg< 2.6.31.dfsg-2ubuntu1.10UNKNOWN
Ubuntu12.04noarchlibxml2< 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu12.04noarchlibxml2-dbg< 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu12.04noarchlibxml2-dev< 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.2UNKNOWN
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6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.043 Low

EPSS

Percentile

92.2%