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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: USN-4575-1 Critical: dom4j Information Exposure

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Calendar Grey October 13, 2020
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Debian Security Bulletin DSA-4962-1 addresses a vulnerability in libxml2 that could lead to leakage of confidential information or enable unauthorized command execution.
dom4j could be made to expose sensitive information or run programs if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

dom4j could be made to expose sensitive information or run programs if it

received specially crafted input.

Software Description:

- dom4j: Flexible XML framework for Java

Details:

It was discovered that dom4j incorrectly handled reading XML data. A

remote attacker could exploit this with a crafted XML file to expose

sensitive data or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-10683)

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Topics Covered

security advisory arbitrary code execution Ubuntu information exposure sensitive data dom4j

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libdom4j-java                   1.6.1+dfsg.3-2ubuntu1.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4575-1

CVE-2020-10683

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October 13, 2020

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Topics Covered

security advisory arbitrary code execution Ubuntu information exposure sensitive data dom4j

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dom4j/1.6.1+dfsg.3-2ubuntu1.1

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