Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7001-1 –

– Ubuntu Security Notice 7001-1 – 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. Shang-Hung Wan discovered that Expat, contained within the xmltok library, did 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. – Read More  – Packet Storm