1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3921-1

USN-3921-1: XMLTooling vulnerability

Publication date

26 March 2019

Overview

xmltooling could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Releases

Packages

  • xmltooling - C++ XML parsing library with encryption support

Details

It was discovered that XMLTooling incorrectly handled certain XML files with
invalid data. An attacker could use this issue to cause XMLTooling to crash,
resulting in a denial of service.

It was discovered that XMLTooling incorrectly handled certain XML files with
invalid data. An attacker could use this issue to cause XMLTooling to crash,
resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.10 cosmic libxmltooling8 –  3.0.2-1ubuntu1.1
18.04 bionic libxmltooling7 –  1.6.4-1ubuntu2.1
16.04 xenial libxmltooling6v5 –  1.5.6-2ubuntu0.3
14.04 trusty libxmltooling6 –  1.5.3-2+deb8u3ubuntu0.1

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