USN-5575-2: Libxslt vulnerabilities
22 August 2022
Several security issues were fixed in Libxslt.
Releases
Packages
- libxslt - XSLT processing library
Details
USN-5575-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Libxslt. This update provides
the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04
ESM.
Original advisory details:
Nicolas Grégoire discovered that Libxslt incorrectly handled certain XML.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information
or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2019-5815)
Alexey Neyman incorrectly handled certain HTML pages.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information
or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-30560)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04
-
libxslt1.1
-
1.1.28-2.1ubuntu0.3+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 14.04
-
libxslt1.1
-
1.1.28-2ubuntu0.2+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.