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Debian: Security Advisory for libxmlrpc3-java (DSA-4619-1)
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 DSA-4619-1 advisory.
Insight
Insight
Guillaume Teissier reported that the XMLRPC client in libxmlrpc3-java, an XML-RPC implementation in Java, does perform deserialization of the server-side exception serialized in the faultCause attribute of XMLRPC error response messages. A malicious XMLRPC server can take advantage of this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of an application using the Apache XMLRPC client library. Note that a client that expects to get server-side exceptions need to set explicitly the enabledForExceptions property.
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 the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 3.1.3-8+deb9u1. For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 3.1.3-9+deb10u1. We recommend that you upgrade your libxmlrpc3-java packages.