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USN-5575-2 (UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5815)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2022-08-22 17:59 – Updated: 2026-06-29 10:52 – Source website
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Summary
libxslt vulnerabilities
Details

USN-5575-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Libxslt. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Nicolas Grégoire discovered that Libxslt incorrectly handled certain XML. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-5815)

Alexey Neyman incorrectly handled certain HTML pages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-30560)

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