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CVE-2016-4607

Publication date 22 July 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

libxslt in Apple iOS before 9.3.3, OS X before 10.11.6, iTunes before 12.4.2 on Windows, iCloud before 5.2.1 on Windows, tvOS before 9.2.2, and watchOS before 2.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4608, CVE-2016-4609, CVE-2016-4610, and CVE-2016-4612.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libxslt 17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.1.28-2.1ubuntu0.1
15.10 wily Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.1.28-2ubuntu0.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1.1.26-8ubuntu1.4

Notes

mdeslaur

per Nick Wellnhofer, possibly one of these commits: https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=ef7429bb4f1433726cc8fc4fe3d134d8a439fab1 https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=93bb314768aafaffad1df15bbee10b7c5423e283 https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=8b90c9a699e0eaa98bbeec63a473ddc73aaa238c https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=87c3d9ea214fc0503fd8130b6dd97431d69cc066

sbeattie

given the above, these were fixed in the upstream 1.1.29 release incorporated patches into USN 3271-1

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H