Back Linuxsecurity Ubuntu 25.10 libxml-parser-perl Medium Denial of Service USN-8174
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 25.10 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in XML::Parser. Software Description: - libxml-parser-perl: Perl module for parsing XML files Details: It was discovered that XML::Parser incorrectly handled certain multi-byte UTF-8 characters. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing specially crafted XML data, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause XML::Parser to crash, resulting in a denial of service or to possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2006-10002) It was discovered that XML::Parser incorrectly handled very deep element nesting. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing specially crafted XML data, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause XML::Parser to crash, resulting in a denial of service or to possibly execute arbitrary code (CVE-2006-10002)
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 25.10 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in XML::Parser. Software Description: - libxml-parser-perl: Perl module for parsing XML files Details: It was discovered that XML::Parser incorrectly handled certain multi-byte UTF-8 characters. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing specially crafted XML data, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause XML::Parser to crash, resulting in a denial of service or to possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2006-10002) It was discovered that XML::Parser incorrectly handled very deep element nesting. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing specially crafted XML data, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause XML::Parser to crash, resulting in a denial of service or to possibly execute arbitrary code (CVE-2006-10002)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 25.10 libxml-parser-perl 2.47-1ubuntu0.25.10.1 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libxml-parser-perl 2.47-1ubuntu0.24.04.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libxml-parser-perl 2.46-3ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 25.10 libxml-parser-perl 2.47-1ubuntu0.25.10.1 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libxml-parser-perl 2.47-1ubuntu0.24.04.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libxml-parser-perl 2.46-3ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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