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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-6102-1: Node-Xmldom Denial of Service Attacks

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Calendar Grey May 24, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Various xmldom vulnerabilities resolved in Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, and 22.10 enhance security measures against possible threats.
Several security issues were fixed in xmldom.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in xmldom.

Software Description:

- node-xmldom: A pure JavaScript W3C standard-based `DOMParser` and

`XMLSerializer` module.

Details:

It was discovered that xmldom incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a

user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted

input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause

unexpected syntactic changes during XML processing. This issue only affected

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-21366)

It was discovered that xmldom incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a

user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted

input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a

denial of service. (CVE-2022-37616, CVE-2022-39353)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service remote attack Ubuntu node-xmldom

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.10:
   node-xmldom                     0.7.5-1ubuntu0.22.10.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   node-xmldom                     0.7.5-1ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   node-xmldom                     0.1.27+ds-1+deb10u2build0.20.04.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6102-1

CVE-2021-21366, CVE-2022-37616, CVE-2022-39353

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May 24, 2023

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service remote attack Ubuntu node-xmldom

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/node-xmldom/0.7.5-1ubuntu0.22.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/node-xmldom/0.7.5-1ubuntu0.22.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/node-xmldom/0.1.27+ds-1+deb10u2build0.20.04.1

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