Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1656-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
It was discovered that libxml2 had a heap-based buffer underflow when parsing entities. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted XML document, applications linked against libxml2 could be made to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Affected
libxml2 on Ubuntu 12.10 ,
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 11.10 ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2012-5134 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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