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

Ubuntu Large Esm H500
Xalan-Java could be made to load arbitrary classes or access external resources.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2218-1
May 21, 2014

libxalan2-java vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

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.

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

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




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

ubuntu
Calendar Grey May 21, 2014
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
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

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

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

May 21, 2014

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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