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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

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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Topics Covered

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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Topics Covered

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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