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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS USN-890-4 Critical: PyXML Denial Of Service Issues

USN-890-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Expat. This update provides the corresponding updates for PyXML.. ==========================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-890-4 January 26, 2010 python-xml vulnerabilities CVE-2009-3560, CVE-2009-3720 ========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: python2.4-xml 0.8.4-1ubuntu3.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart any applications that use PyXML to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: USN-890-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Expat. This update provides the corresponding updates for PyXML. Original advisory details: Jukka Taimisto, Tero Rontti and Rauli Kaksonen discovered that Expat did not properly process malformed XML. If a user or application linked against Expat were tricked into opening a crafted XML file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash. (CVE-2009-2625, CVE-2009-3720) It was discovered that Expat did not properly process malformed UTF-8 sequences. If a user or application linked against Expat were tricked into opening a crafted XML file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash. (CVE-2009-3560) Updated packages for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: Source archives: Size/MD5: 26092 7b735067d5b8494bfa9479a38b1f971f Size/MD5: 663 064ad0d03d81132088df42f78850bfd7 Size/MD5: 734751 04fc1685542b32c1948c2936dfb6ba0e Architecture independent packages: Size/MD5: 11568 253250bca793d626d3f651a116259b00 Size/MD5: 25206 e73978eb774cf39690739f0908fb32dc Size/MD5: 24392 e4bab68a86bd7fb0dd85d39268716a64 amd64 architecture (Athlon64,Opteron, EM64T Xeon): Size/MD5: 717460 763ab0e82cbd3767958753060145c5ab i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD): Size/MD5: 708074 e34c9a1bdaaef83eb885104360d9e94f powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5): Size/MD5: 716638 8ee8326bb735b20b18f0335c4485aadb sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC): Size/MD5: 706208 11751f3c1654c648dd145c88afc3002c . Explore the essential Python XML security risks present in Ubuntu and follow the guidelines to effectively update your system.. Python XML, Ubuntu Security, Denial of Service, PyXML Update. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jan 26, 2010 •Critical Ubuntu