libxml-libxml-perl vulnerability

4 May 2015

libxml-libxml-perl vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 15.04
• Ubuntu 14.10
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

XML::LibXML could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description

• libxml-libxml-perl - Perl interface to the libxml2 library

Details

Tilmann Haak discovered that XML::LibXML incorrectly handled the expand_entities parameter in certain situations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 15.04

libxml-libxml-perl - 2.0116+dfsg-1ubuntu0.15.04.1

Ubuntu 14.10

libxml-libxml-perl - 2.0116+dfsg-1ubuntu0.14.10.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

libxml-libxml-perl - 2.0108+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

libxml-libxml-perl - 1.89+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

References

• CVE-2015-3451