CVE-2010-4008

Publication date 8 November 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

libxml2 before 2.7.8, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, Apple Safari 5.0.2 and earlier, and other products, reads from invalid memory locations during processing of malformed XPath expressions, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted XML document.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libxml2	10.10 maverick	Fixed in 2.7.7.dfsg-4ubuntu0.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed in 2.7.6.dfsg-1ubuntu1.1
	9.10 karmic	Fixed in 2.7.5.dfsg-1ubuntu1.2
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed in 2.6.31.dfsg-2ubuntu1.5
	6.06 LTS dapper	Fixed in 2.6.24.dfsg-1ubuntu1.6

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libxml2	Upstream: ?id=91d Upstream: ?id=ea9

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-1016-1
libxml2 vulnerability
10 November 2010