{"id":"USN-7215-1","summary":"libxml2 vulnerability","details":"Xisco Fauli discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled custom SAX\nhandlers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform XML\nExternal Entity (XXE) attacks.\n","modified":"2026-01-30T01:32:01.525616Z","published":"2025-01-16T15:43:40.606521Z","related":["CVE-2024-40896","UBUNTU-CVE-2024-40896"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7215-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-40896"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libxml2","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:24.10","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml2@2.12.7+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=oracular"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.12.7+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu3","2.12.7+dfsg-3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libxml2","binary_version":"2.12.7+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"libxml2-dbgsym","binary_version":"2.12.7+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"libxml2-dev","binary_version":"2.12.7+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"libxml2-doc","binary_version":"2.12.7+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"libxml2-utils","binary_version":"2.12.7+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"libxml2-utils-dbgsym","binary_version":"2.12.7+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"python3-libxml2","binary_version":"2.12.7+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"python3-libxml2-dbgsym","binary_version":"2.12.7+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-7215-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}