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CVE-2012-2871

Publication date 31 August 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

libxml2 2.9.0-rc1 and earlier, as used in Google Chrome before 21.0.1180.89, does not properly support a cast of an unspecified variable during handling of XSL transforms, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unknown other impact via a crafted document, related to the _xmlNs data structure in include/libxml/tree.h.

Read the notes from the security team

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
11.04 natty Ignored
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 3.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
libxslt 12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1.1.26-8ubuntu1.2
11.10 oneiric
Fixed 1.1.26-7ubuntu0.1
11.04 natty
Fixed 1.1.26-6ubuntu0.1
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 1.1.26-1ubuntu1.1
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 1.1.22-1ubuntu1.3

Notes

mdeslaur

libxslt, not libxml2

jdstrand

mdeslaur provided the update for libxslt

Patch details

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Package Patch details
chromium-browser
libxslt