Ubuntu 19.04 LTS: USN-4164-1 Moderate: Libxslt Remote Code Exec

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October 22, 2019

Several security issues were fixed in Libxslt.

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)

Topics Covered

security advisory software update remote code execution Ubuntu sensitive information libxslt

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.