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Ubuntu 7353-1: PlantUML Security Advisory Updates

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Calendar Grey March 18, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
PlantUML is vulnerable to XSS attacks, possibly causing DoS or code execution. Update Ubuntu systems for security.
PlantUML could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted UML file.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.10 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary: PlantUML could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted UML file. Software Description: - plantuml: text-to-UML converter Details: Tobias S. Fink discovered that PlantUML was susceptible to cross-site scripting attacks (XSS) in instances where SVG images were rendered. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PlantUML to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or the execution of arbitrary code.

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security advisory denial of service security issue cross-site scripting ubuntu plantuml

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.10   plantuml                        1:1.2020.2+ds-5ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS   plantuml                        1:1.2020.2+ds-3ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS   plantuml                        1:1.2020.2+ds-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS   plantuml                        1:1.2018.13+ds-2ubuntu0.1~esm1                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS   plantuml                        1:1.2017.15-1ubuntu0.1~esm1                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS   plantuml                        8024-2ubuntu0.1~esm1                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7353-1

  CVE-2022-1231

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7353-1

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security advisory denial of service security issue cross-site scripting ubuntu plantuml

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plantuml/1:1.2020.2+ds-5ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plantuml/1:1.2020.2+ds-3ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plantuml/1:1.2020.2+ds-1ubuntu0.1

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