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Posted on 01 September 2015
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2726-1
August 31, 2015
expat vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary:
Expat could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a
specially crafted file.
Software Description:
- expat: XML parsing C library
Details:
It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled malformed XML data. If a
user or application linked against Expat were tricked into opening a
crafted XML file, an attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 15.04:
lib64expat1 2.1.0-6ubuntu1.1
libexpat1 2.1.0-6ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
lib64expat1 2.1.0-4ubuntu1.1
libexpat1 2.1.0-4ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
lib64expat1 2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1.2
libexpat1 2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1.2
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart any applications linked
against Expat to effect the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2726-1
CVE-2015-1283
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/expat/2.1.0-6ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/expat/2.1.0-4ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/expat/2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1.2
