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title: "CVE-2016-4612\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2016-4612

Publication date 22 July 2016

Last updated 4 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs:
CVE-2016-1683. Reason: This candidate is a reservation duplicate of
CVE-2016-1683. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2016-1683 instead
of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have
been removed to prevent accidental usage

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4612?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| 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 |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie)

may be https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show\_bug.cgi?id=765380 or
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show\_bug.cgi?id=765271 and possibly
addressed in 1.1.29; similar for CVE-2016-4612.
fixes would be:
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=5d0c6565bab5b9b7efceb33b626916d22b4101a7
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=d8862309f08054218b28e2c8f5fb3cb2f650cac7
given the above, these were fixed in the upstream 1.1.29 release

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### [sbettie](https://launchpad.net/~sbettie)

incorporated patches into USN 3271-1

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4612)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4612)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-4612)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4612)

### Other references

* <http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html>
* <http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html>
* <http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html>
* <http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html>
* <http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.html>
* <https://support.apple.com/HT206899>
* <https://support.apple.com/HT206901>
* <https://support.apple.com/HT206902>
* <https://support.apple.com/HT206903>
* <https://support.apple.com/HT206904>
* <https://support.apple.com/HT206905>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4612>