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USN-7001-2 (UBUNTU-CVE-2024-45490)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2024-09-17 11:54 – Updated: 2026-04-27 14:11 – Source website
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Summary
libxmltok vulnerabilities
Details

USN-7001-1 fixed vulnerabilities in xmltol library. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

Shang-Hung Wan discovered that Expat, contained within the xmltok library, did not properly handle certain function calls when a negative input length was provided. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-45490)

Shang-Hung Wan discovered that Expat, contained within the xmltok library, did not properly handle the potential for an integer overflow on 32-bit platforms. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-45491)

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  "modified": "2026-04-27T14:11:36Z",
  "published": "2024-09-17T11:54:23Z",
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