USN-6028-1: libxml2 vulnerabilities

23719

22 May 2023

22 May 2023

CLOSED

MEDIUM

CVE-2023-28484,CVE-2023-29469

Severity

medium

Vendor

VMware Tanzu

Versions Affected

  • Canonical Ubuntu 16.04
  • Canonical Ubuntu 18.04
  • Canonical Ubuntu 22.04

Description

It was discovered that lixml2 incorrectly handled certain XML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-28484) It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. (CVE-2023-29469) Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-6028-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: libxml2 - 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+esm5 libxml2-dev - 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+esm5 python-libxml2 - 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+esm5 libxml2-doc - 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+esm5 libxml2-utils - 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2023-28484, CVE-2023-29469

Affected VMware Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

  • Platform Automation Toolkit
    • 4.4.x versions prior to 4.4.31
    • 5.0.x versions prior to 5.0.24
    • 5.1.x versions prior to 5.1.1
  • Isolation Segment
    • 2.11.x versions prior to 2.11.32, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.508
    • 2.13.x versions prior to 2.13.17, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.508
    • 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.10, or later versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.105
    • 4.0.x versions prior to 4.0.1+LTS-T, or later versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.105
  • Operations Manager
    • 2.10.x versions prior to 2.10.57
    • 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.8+LTS-T
  • VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
    • 2.11.x versions prior to 2.11.38, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.508
    • 2.13.x versions prior to 2.13.20, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.508
    • 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.10, or later versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.105
    • 4.0.x versions prior to 4.0.1+LTS-T, or later versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.105

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigation below. On the Tanzu Network product page for each release, check the Depends On section and/or Release Notes for this information. Releases that have fixed this issue include:
  • Platform Automation Toolkit
    • 4.4.31
    • 5.0.24
    • 5.1.1
  • Isolation Segment
    • 2.11.32, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.508 or greater
    • 2.13.17, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.508 or greater
    • 3.0.10, and upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.105 or greater
    • 4.0.1+LTS-T, and upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.105 or greater
  • Operations Manager
    • 2.10.57
    • 3.0.8+LTS-T
  • VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
    • 2.11.38, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.508 or greater
    • 2.13.20, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.508 or greater
    • 3.0.10, and upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.105 or greater
    • 4.0.1+LTS-T, and upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.105 or greater

References

History

2023-05-22: Initial vulnerability report published.