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Debian LTS: Security Advisory for libxmlrpc3-java (DLA-2078-1)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxmlrpc3-java' package(s) announced via the DLA-2078-1 advisory.
Insight
Insight
An untrusted deserialization was found in the org.apache.xmlrpc.parser.XmlRpcResponseParser:addResult method of Apache XML-RPC (aka ws-xmlrpc) library. A malicious XML-RPC server could target a XML-RPC client causing it to execute arbitrary code. Clients that expect to get server-side exceptions need to set the enabledForExceptions property to true in order to process serialized exception messages again.
Affected Software
Affected Software
'libxmlrpc3-java' package(s) on Debian Linux.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 3.1.3-7+deb8u1. We recommend that you upgrade your libxmlrpc3-java packages.