USN-7001-1: xmltok library vulnerabilities

12 September 2024

Several security issues were fixed in libxmltok.

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Packages

  • libxmltok - XML Parser Toolkit, runtime libraries

Details

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 discovered that Expat, contained within the xmltok library,
did not properly handle the potential for an integer overflow on 32-bit
platforms. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-45491)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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