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Ubuntu 19.10: USN-4274-1 Moderate: libxml2 Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey February 10, 2020
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Brief USN-4274-1 outlines vulnerabilities within libxml2 impacting several versions. Take immediate action to mitigate these threats.
Several security issues were fixed in libxml2.

Summary

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security advisory denial of service security issue software update Ubuntu vulnerability libxml2

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.10: libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-7ubuntu3.1 libxml2-utils 2.9.4+dfsg1-7ubuntu3.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.3 libxml2-utils 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.3 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: libxml2 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7 libxml2-utils 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7 Ubuntu 14.04 ESM: libxml2 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm1 libxml2-utils 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm1 Ubuntu 12.04 ESM: libxml2 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.22 libxml2-utils 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.22 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4274-1

CVE-2019-19956, CVE-2020-7595

February 10, 2020

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue software update Ubuntu vulnerability libxml2

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxml2/2.9.4+dfsg1-7ubuntu3.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxml2/2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxml2/2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7

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