CVE-2012-5134

Publication date 27 November 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu 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

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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

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
libxml2	Upstream: ?id=6a3 Vendor: http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2580

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)