USN-5525-1

It was discovered that Apache XML Security for Java incorrectly passed a configuration property when creating specific key elements. This allows an attacker to abuse an XPath Transform to extract sensitive information.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libxml-security-java

Package

Name: libxml-security-java
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml-security-java@2.0.10-2~18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.0.10-2~18.04.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.5.8-2

2.*

2.0.10-2~18.04

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml-security-java",
            "binary_version": "2.0.10-2~18.04.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5525-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2021-40690",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / libxml-security-java