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Debian DLA-2693-1 : xmlbeans security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 151111

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

The XML parsers used by XMLBeans did not set the properties needed to protect the user from malicious XML input. Vulnerabilities include the possibility for XML Entity Expansion attacks which could lead to a denial of service. This update implements sensible defaults for the XML parsers to prevent these kind of attacks.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.0+dfsg-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your xmlbeans packages.

For the detailed security status of xmlbeans please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/xmlbeans

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 libxmlbeans-java, and xmlbeans packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00024.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/xmlbeans

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/xmlbeans

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 151111

File Name: debian_DLA-2693.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/28/2021

Updated: 12/21/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-23926

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.4

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxmlbeans-java, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xmlbeans, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/28/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-23926