Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1016-1

Please Install the Updated Packages.

Bui Quang Minh discovered that libxml2 did not properly process XPath namespaces and attributes. If an application using libxml2 opened a specially crafted XML file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute code as the user invoking the program.

libxml2 vulnerability on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS , Ubuntu 8.04 LTS , Ubuntu 9.10 , Ubuntu 10.04 LTS