USN-4164-1: Libxslt vulnerabilities

Publication date

22 October 2019

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Libxslt.


Packages

  • libxslt - XSLT processing library

Details

It was discovered that Libxslt incorrectly handled certain documents.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.
This issue not affected Ubuntu 19.10. (CVE-2019-13117, CVE-2019-13118)

It was discovered that Libxslt incorrectly handled certain documents.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2019-18197)

It was discovered that Libxslt incorrectly handled certain documents.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.
This issue not affected Ubuntu 19.10. (CVE-2019-13117, CVE-2019-13118)

It was discovered that Libxslt incorrectly handled certain documents.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2019-18197)

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
19.10 eoan libxslt1.1 –  1.1.33-0ubuntu1.1
19.04 disco libxslt1.1 –  1.1.32-2ubuntu0.2
18.04 bionic libxslt1.1 –  1.1.29-5ubuntu0.2
16.04 xenial libxslt1.1 –  1.1.28-2.1ubuntu0.3
14.04 trusty libxslt1.1 –  1.1.28-2ubuntu0.2+esm1  
12.04 precise libxslt1.1 –  1.1.26-8ubuntu1.6

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