Ubuntu Update for python-xml vulnerabilities USN-890-4

Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-890-4
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
USN-890-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Expat. This update provides the corresponding updates for PyXML. 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
python-xml vulnerabilities on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
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