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Debian Bullseye: DSA-5264-1 Critical: Batik Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey October 29, 2022
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Debian has released an update for Batik to address severe security vulnerabilities that could enable remote code execution via SVG file manipulation. Users are strongly encouraged to upgrade.
It was discovered that Apache Batik, a SVG library for Java, allowed attackers to run arbitrary Java code by processing a malicious SVG file

Summary

It was discovered that Apache Batik, a SVG library for Java, allowed
attackers to run arbitrary Java code by processing a malicious SVG file.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.12-4+deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your batik packages.

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

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: batik
CVE ID: CVE-2022-41704 CVE-2022-42890

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