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Ubuntu 22.18-1 Security Notice: Xalan-Java Class Access Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey May 21, 2014
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Xalan-Java could be exploited to load external classes; patch for Ubuntu systems is advised.
Xalan-Java could be made to load arbitrary classes or access external resources.

Summary

Xalan-Java could be made to load arbitrary classes or access external

resources.

Software Description:

- libxalan2-java: XSL Transformations (XSLT) processor in Java

Details:

Nicolas Gregoire discovered that Xalan-Java incorrectly handled certain

properties when the secure processing feature was enabled. An attacker

could possibly use this issue to load arbitrary classes or access external

resources.

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 13.10:
  libxalan2-java                  2.7.1-8ubuntu0.1
  libxsltc-java                   2.7.1-8ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libxalan2-java                  2.7.1-7ubuntu0.1
  libxsltc-java                   2.7.1-7ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  libxalan2-java                  2.7.1-5ubuntu1.1
  libxalan2-java-gcj              2.7.1-5ubuntu1.1
  libxsltc-java                   2.7.1-5ubuntu1.1
  libxsltc-java-gcj               2.7.1-5ubuntu1.1

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all
the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2218-1

CVE-2014-0107

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May 21, 2014

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update instructions ubuntu class access xalan-java external resources

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxalan2-java/2.7.1-8ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxalan2-java/2.7.1-7ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxalan2-java/2.7.1-5ubuntu1.1

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