| Description: | Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the USN-2834-1 advisory.
Vulnerability Insight:
Kostya Serebryany discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain
malformed documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could possibly cause
libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5312,
CVE-2015-7497, CVE-2015-7498, CVE-2015-7499,CVE-2015-7500)
Hugh Davenport discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain
malformed documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could possibly cause
libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-8241,
CVE-2015-8242)
Hanno Boeck discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain
malformed documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could possibly cause
libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied
to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.04. (CVE-2015-8317)
Affected Software/OS:
'libxml2' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 15.10.
Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).
CVSS Score:
7.1
CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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