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Ubuntu 14.04 ESM: USN-4132-2 Expat Information Exposure Risk

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Calendar Grey September 12, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A newly identified security risk impacts Ubuntu versions 12.04 and 14.04 ESM for expatriates, necessitating prompt updates to prevent the leakage of private data.
Expat could be made to expose sensitive information if it received a specially crafted XML file.

Summary

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Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu update instructions information exposure expat XML parsing

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+esm2 libexpat1 2.1.0-4ubuntu1.4+esm2 Ubuntu 12.04 ESM: lib64expat1 2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1.7 libexpat1 2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1.7 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4132-2

CVE-2019-15903

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September 12, 2019

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security advisory Ubuntu update instructions information exposure expat XML parsing

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