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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS USN-8191-1 Commons IO Important Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey April 21, 2026
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Potential crash in Apache Commons IO library on specified Ubuntu versions due to crafted input leading to DoS.
Apache Commons IO could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

Apache Commons IO could be made to crash if it received specially

crafted input.

Software Description:

- commons-io: library of utilities to assist with developing IO functionality

Details:

It was discovered that Apache Commons IO's XmlStreamReader class

could excessively consume CPU resources under certain circumstances. An

attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Apache Commons IO

to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue denial service Ubuntu important commons-io

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  libcommons-io-java              2.11.0-2ubuntu0.24.04.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  libcommons-io-java              2.11.0-2ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  libcommons-io-java              2.6-2ubuntu0.20.04.1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  libcommons-io-java              2.6-2ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  libcommons-io-java              2.4-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  libcommons-io-java              2.4-2ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8191-1

CVE-2024-47554

Severity
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Critical

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8191-1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue denial service Ubuntu important commons-io

Package Information

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