Debian DSA-2886-1 : libxalan2-java - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 73216

Synopsis

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

Description

Nicolas Gregoire discovered several vulnerabilities in libxalan2-java, a Java library for XSLT processing. Crafted XSLT programs could access system properties or load arbitrary classes, resulting in information disclosure and, potentially, arbitrary code execution.

Solution

Upgrade the libxalan2-java packages.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.1-5+deb6u1.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.1-7+deb7u1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=742577

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/libxalan2-java

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2886

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 73216

File Name: debian_DSA-2886.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/27/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxalan2-java, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/26/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0107

BID: 66397

DSA: 2886