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Ubuntu 24.10: USN-7192-1 critical: xfpt memory management issue

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Calendar Grey January 9, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Alert Notification USN-7203-2 reports on a vulnerability in xyz framework that may lead to system crashes or the execution of malicious code through specially constructed files.
xfpt could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

xfpt could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially

crafted file.

Software Description:

- xfpt: generate XML from plain text

Details:

It was discovered that xfpt did not properly manage memory under certain

circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted

file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the application

to crash or execute arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory update Ubuntu memory management execution crash xfpt

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.10
   xfpt                            1.00-2ubuntu0.24.10.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   xfpt                            1.00-2ubuntu0.24.04.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   xfpt                            0.11-1ubuntu0.1

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7192-1

  CVE-2024-43700

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7192-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory update Ubuntu memory management execution crash xfpt

Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfpt/1.00-2ubuntu0.24.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfpt/1.00-2ubuntu0.24.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfpt/0.11-1ubuntu0.1

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