Debian DLA-1299-1 : libjgraphx-java security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 107118

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that there was a potential XML External Entity (XXE) attack in libjgraphx-java, a diagramming library for Java applications.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', this issue has been fixed in libjgraphx-java version 1.4.1.0-3+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libjgraphx-java packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00002.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/libjgraphx-java

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 107118

File Name: debian_DLA-1299.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/5/2018

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjgraphx-java-doc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjgraphx-java

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 3/4/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-18197