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Ubuntu 19.04: USN-4132-1 Moderate: Expat Sensitive Information Exposure

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Calendar Grey September 12, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The risk of expat leads to potential data leaks via specially designed JSON. Ensure your Debian is patched to safeguard your devices immediately.
Expat could be made to expose sensitive information if it received a specially crafted XML file.

Summary

Expat could be made to expose sensitive information if it received a

specially crafted XML file.

Software Description:

- expat: XML parsing C library

Details:

It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled certain XML files.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue Ubuntu XML parsing Expat sensitive information exposure

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.04:
  libexpat1                       2.2.6-1ubuntu0.19.5

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libexpat1                       2.2.5-3ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  lib64expat1                     2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5
  libexpat1                       2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5

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

References

CVE-2019-15903

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
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Critical

September 12, 2019

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue Ubuntu XML parsing Expat sensitive information exposure

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/expat/2.2.6-1ubuntu0.19.5
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/expat/2.2.5-3ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/expat/2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5

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