Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-890-5
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
USN-890-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Expat. This update provides the corresponding updates for XML-RPC for C and C++.
Original advisory details:
Jukka Taimisto, Tero Rontti and Rauli Kaksonen discovered that Expat did not properly process malformed XML. If a user or application linked against Expat were tricked into opening a crafted XML file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash. (CVE-2009-2625, CVE-2009-3720)
It was discovered that Expat did not properly process malformed UTF-8 sequences. If a user or application linked against Expat were tricked into opening a crafted XML file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash. (CVE-2009-3560)
Affected
xmlrpc-c vulnerabilities on Ubuntu 9.10
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-2625, CVE-2009-3560, CVE-2009-3720 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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