The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4991-1 advisory.

    Yunho Kim discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain error conditions. A remote attacker could     exploit this with a crafted XML file to cause a denial of service, or possibly cause libxml2 to expose     sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-8872)

    Zhipeng Xie discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML schemas. A remote attacker could     possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu     16.04 ESM, and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-20388)

    It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled invalid UTF-8 input. A remote attacker could possibly     exploit this with a crafted XML file to cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This     issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu     20.10. (CVE-2020-24977)

    It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled invalid UTF-8 input. A remote attacker could possibly     exploit this with a crafted XML file to cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
    (CVE-2021-3517)

    It was discovered that libxml2 did not properly handle certain crafted XML files. A local attacker could     exploit this with a crafted input to cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-3516, CVE-2021-3518)

    It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled error states. A remote attacker could exploit this with     a crafted XML file to cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-3537)

    Sebastian Pipping discovered that libxml2 did not properly handle certain crafted XML files. A remote     attacker could exploit this with a crafted XML file to cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of     service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.10, and Ubuntu 21.04. (CVE-2021-3541)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : libxml2 vulnerabilities (USN-4991-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 150858

Version 1.8