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From: Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com>
Reply-To: Ubuntu Security <security@ubuntu.com>
To: ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Message-ID: <119aa711-9b07-5826-d44c-c710841debd6@canonical.com>
Subject: [USN-3059-1] xmlrpc-epi vulnerability

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==========================================================================
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3059-1
August 10, 2016

xmlrpc-epi vulnerability
==========================================================================

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

xmlrpc-epi could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially
crafted data.

Software Description:
- xmlrpc-epi: a XML-RPC request library

Details:

It was discovered that xmlrpc-epi incorrectly handled lengths in the
simplestring_addn function. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
applications using xmlrpc-epi such as PHP to crash, resulting in a denial
of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libxmlrpc-epi0                  0.54.2-1.1ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3059-1
  CVE-2016-6296

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xmlrpc-epi/0.54.2-1.1ubuntu0.1



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