USN-3356-1: Expat vulnerability
19 July 2017
Expat could be made to hang if it received specially crafted input.
Releases
Packages
- expat - XML parsing C library
Details
It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled certain external entities.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Expat to hang,
resulting in a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 17.04
Ubuntu 16.10
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-3356-2: expat, libexpat1, lib64expat1
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