Explore top 10 tips to secure your open-source projects now. Read More

×
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 579
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 579

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS USN-3281-1: Critical DoS Risk from Apache Fop

ubuntu
Calendar Grey May 9, 2017
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
To mitigate the Apache FOP vulnerability in Ubuntu and prevent unauthorized file access, ensure you update your security patches including necessary package upgrades
Apache Fop would allow unintended access to files over the network or could be made to crash.

Summary

Apache Fop would allow unintended access to files over the network or could

be made to crash.

Software Description:

- fop: XML formatter

Details:

Pierre Ernst discovered that Apache Fop incorrectly handled XML external

entities. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain

sensitive files from the filesystem, or cause a denial of service.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service file access ubuntu fop

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libfop-java                     1:1.1.dfsg-2ubuntu1.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3281-1

CVE-2017-5661

Severity
critical
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

May 09, 2017

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service file access ubuntu fop

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fop/1:1.1.dfsg-2ubuntu1.1

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.