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USN-2028-1: Apache XML Security for Java vulnerability

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USN-2028-1: Apache XML Security for Java vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
08/20/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/08/2014
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

jcp/xml/dsig/internal/dom/DOMCanonicalizationMethod.java in Apache Santuario XML Security for Java 1.4.x before 1.4.8 and 1.5.x before 1.5.5 allows context-dependent attackers to spoof an XML Signature by using the CanonicalizationMethod parameter to specify an arbitrary weak "canonicalization algorithm to apply to the SignedInfo part of the Signature."

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libxml-security-java

References

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