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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS USN-3059-1 Moderate: xmlrpc-epi Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey August 10, 2016
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This notification outlines the xmlrpc-epi weakness impacting Ubuntu 16.04, which may lead to system crashes or unauthorized code execution.
xmlrpc-epi could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially crafted data.

Summary

xmlrpc-epi could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially

crafted data.

Software Description:

- xmlrpc-epi: a XML-RPC request library

Details:

It was discovered that xmlrpc-epi incorrectly handled lengths in the

simplestring_addn function. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause

applications using xmlrpc-epi such as PHP to crash, resulting in a denial

of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service code execution Ubuntu xmlrpc-epi

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libxmlrpc-epi0                  0.54.2-1.1ubuntu0.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3059-1

CVE-2016-6296

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August 10, 2016

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service code execution Ubuntu xmlrpc-epi

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xmlrpc-epi/0.54.2-1.1ubuntu0.1

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