Debian DLA-2767-1 : libxml-security-java - LTS security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 153772

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-2767 advisory.

- All versions of Apache Santuario - XML Security for Java prior to 2.2.3 and 2.1.7 are vulnerable to an issue where the secureValidation property is not passed correctly when creating a KeyInfo from a KeyInfoReference element. This allows an attacker to abuse an XPath Transform to extract any local .xml files in a RetrievalMethod element. (CVE-2021-40690)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the libxml-security-java packages.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.8-2+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 153772

File Name: debian_DLA-2767.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/28/2021

Updated: 11/29/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-40690

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxml-security-java, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxml-security-java-doc

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: 9/27/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/19/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-40690

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