Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1447-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Juri Aedla discovered that libxml2 contained an off by one error in its XPointer functionality. If a user or application linked against libxml2 were tricked into opening a specially crafted XML file, an attacker could cause the application to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
Affected
libxml2 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 11.10 ,
Ubuntu 11.04 ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-3102 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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