USN-5638-4

Details

USN-5638-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Expat. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Rhodri James discovered that Expat incorrectly handled memory when processing certain malformed XML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code.

Affected Packages

expat

Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS

Fixed in:

2.1.0-4ubuntu1.4+esm7

References

REPORT

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-40674

REPORT

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-43680

ADVISORY

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5638-4