- Vulnerability/
- USN-7199-1
USN-7199-1: xmltok library vulnerabilities
First published: Mon Jan 13 2025(Updated: )
It was discovered that Expat, contained within the xmltok library, incorrectly handled malformed XML data. If a user or application were tricked into opening a crafted XML file, an attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-1283, CVE-2016-0718, CVE-2016-4472, CVE-2019-15903) It was discovered that Expat, contained within the xmltok library, incorrectly handled XML data containing a large number of colons, which could lead to excessive resource consumption. If a user or application were tricked into opening a crafted XML file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-20843) It was discovered that Expat, contained within the xmltok library, incorrectly handled certain input, which could lead to an integer overflow. If a user or application were tricked into opening a crafted XML file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-46143, CVE-2022-22822, CVE-2022-22823, CVE-2022-22824, CVE-2022-22825, CVE-2022-22826, CVE-2022-22827)
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/libxmltok1t64 | <1.2-4.1ubuntu3.1 | 1.2-4.1ubuntu3.1 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =24.10 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/libxmltok1t64 | <1.2-4.1ubuntu2.24.0.4.1+esm2 | 1.2-4.1ubuntu2.24.0.4.1+esm2 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =24.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/libxmltok1 | <1.2-4ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm4 | 1.2-4ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm4 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =22.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/libxmltok1 | <1.2-4ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm4 | 1.2-4ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm4 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =20.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/libxmltok1 | <1.2-4ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm4 | 1.2-4ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm4 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =18.04 |
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Reference Links
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-15903
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-22824
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-22822
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-22823
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-22825
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-22826
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20843
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4472
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-22827
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0718
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-46143
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1283
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4202-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4335-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4165-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4132-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4132-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4852-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5455-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5288-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4040-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4040-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3013-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3044-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2983-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2726-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2677-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4772-1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxmltok/1.2-4.1ubuntu3.1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7199-1 (Advisory)
Child vulnerabilities
(Contains the following vulnerabilities)
- collector/usn
- source/Ubuntu
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- agent/severity
- agent/title
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/references
- agent/type
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/description
- agent/event
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- agent/source
- package-manager/ubuntu
- vendor/ubuntu
- canonical/ubuntu ubuntu
- version/ubuntu ubuntu/24.10
- version/ubuntu ubuntu/24.04
- version/ubuntu ubuntu/22.04
- version/ubuntu ubuntu/20.04
- version/ubuntu ubuntu/18.04