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  2. USN-3059-1

USN-3059-1: xmlrpc-epi vulnerability

Publication date

10 August 2016

Overview

xmlrpc-epi could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially crafted data.

Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that xmlrpc-epi incorrectly handled lengths in the
simplestring_addn function. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
applications using xmlrpc-epi such as PHP to crash, resulting in a denial
of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

It was discovered that xmlrpc-epi incorrectly handled lengths in the
simplestring_addn function. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
applications using xmlrpc-epi such as PHP to crash, resulting in a denial
of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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
16.04 xenial libxmlrpc-epi0 –  0.54.2-1.1ubuntu0.1

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