CVE-2011-2821

Publication date 29 August 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Double free vulnerability in libxml2, as used in Google Chrome before 13.0.782.215, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted XPath expression.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
chromium-browser 11.10 oneiric
Not affected
11.04 natty
Fixed 14.0.835.202~r103287-0ubuntu0.11.04.1
10.10 maverick
Fixed 14.0.835.202~r103287-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 14.0.835.202~r103287-0ubuntu0.10.04.2
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
libxml2 11.10 oneiric
Fixed 2.7.8.dfsg-4ubuntu0.1
11.04 natty
Fixed 2.7.8.dfsg-2ubuntu0.2
10.10 maverick
Fixed 2.7.7.dfsg-4ubuntu0.3
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 2.7.6.dfsg-1ubuntu1.3
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored

Notes

mdeslaur

debian says it's http://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=fec31bcd452e77c10579467ca87a785b41115de6

jdstrand

patch too risky for Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
libxml2

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-1334-1
    • libxml2 vulnerabilities
    • 19 January 2012

Other references