USN-5422-1: libxml2 vulnerabilities

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-23308   CVE-2022-29824  

Several security issues were fixed in libxml2.

Details

Shinji Sato discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2022-23308)

It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-29824)