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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2886-1 (libxalan2-java - security update)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

10 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

Summary

Nicolas Gregoire discovered several vulnerabilities in libxalan2-java, a Java library for XSLT processing. Crafted XSLT programs could access system properties or load arbitrary classes, resulting in information disclosure and, potentially, arbitrary code execution.

Affected Software

Affected Software

libxalan2-java on Debian Linux

Detection Method

Detection Method

This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.

Solution

Solution

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.1-5+deb6u1. For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.1-7+deb7u1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.1-9. We recommend that you upgrade your libxalan2-java packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)