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Ubuntu 4040-2: Expat Denial Of Service Security Advisory

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Calendar Grey June 26, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Expat vulnerability advisory for Ubuntu detailing high resource consumption issue and fixes available through updates.
Expat could be made to consume a high amount of RAM and CPU resources if it received a specially crafted XML file.

Summary

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security advisory denial of service ubuntu resource consumption expat

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 ESM: lib64expat1 2.1.0-4ubuntu1.4+esm1 libexpat1 2.1.0-4ubuntu1.4+esm1 Ubuntu 12.04 ESM: lib64expat1 2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1.6 libexpat1 2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1.6 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4040-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4040-1

CVE-2018-20843

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June 26, 2019

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security advisory denial of service ubuntu resource consumption expat

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