UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23437

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23437
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2022/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23437.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23437
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Published
2022-01-24T15:15:00Z
Modified
2022-01-24T15:15:00Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

There's a vulnerability within the Apache Xerces Java (XercesJ) XML parser when handling specially crafted XML document payloads. This causes, the XercesJ XML parser to wait in an infinite loop, which may sometimes consume system resources for prolonged duration. This vulnerability is present within XercesJ version 2.12.1 and the previous versions.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / libxerces2-java

Package

Name
libxerces2-java

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.11.0-7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / libxerces2-java

Package

Name
libxerces2-java

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.11.0-7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / libxerces2-java

Package

Name
libxerces2-java

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.11.0-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / libxerces2-java

Package

Name
libxerces2-java

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.12.0-1
2.12.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / libxerces2-java

Package

Name
libxerces2-java

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.12.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / libxerces2-java

Package

Name
libxerces2-java

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.12.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}