CVE-2013-1969

Publication date 25 April 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in libxml2 2.9.0 and possibly other versions might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the (1) htmlParseChunk and (2) xmldecl_done functions, as demonstrated by a buffer overflow in the xmlBufGetInputBase function.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libxml2	13.04 raring	Fixed 2.9.0+dfsg1-4ubuntu4.1
	12.10 quantal	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	11.10 oneiric	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

only seems to affect 2.9.0+

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
libxml2	Upstream: ?id=de0

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)