CVE-2012-5134

Publication date 27 November 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Heap-based buffer underflow in the xmlParseAttValueComplex function in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.0 and earlier, as used in Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.91 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted entities in an XML document.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
chromium-browser 12.10 quantal
Fixed 3.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 3.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
11.10 oneiric
Fixed 3.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 3.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
libxml2 12.10 quantal
Fixed 2.8.0+dfsg1-5ubuntu2.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.3
11.10 oneiric
Fixed 2.7.8.dfsg-4ubuntu0.5
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 2.7.6.dfsg-1ubuntu1.7
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 2.6.31.dfsg-2ubuntu1.11

Notes

jdstrand

sarnold provided the update for libxml2

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libxml2