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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4164-1
October 22, 2019
libxslt vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
- Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in Libxslt.
Software Description:
- libxslt: XSLT processing library
Details:
It was discovered that Libxslt incorrectly handled certain documents.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.
This issue not affected Ubuntu 19.10. (CVE-2019-13117, CVE-2019-13118)
It was discovered that Libxslt incorrectly handled certain documents.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2019-18197)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 19.10:
libxslt1.1 1.1.33-0ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 19.04:
libxslt1.1 1.1.32-2ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
libxslt1.1 1.1.29-5ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libxslt1.1 1.1.28-2.1ubuntu0.3
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
libxslt1.1 1.1.28-2ubuntu0.2+esm1
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
libxslt1.1 1.1.26-8ubuntu1.6
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4164-1
CVE-2019-13117, CVE-2019-13118, CVE-2019-18197
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxslt/1.1.33-0ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxslt/1.1.32-2ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxslt/1.1.29-5ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxslt/1.1.28-2.1ubuntu0.3
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