vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-5674-1 (CVE-2017-1000061): XML Security Library vulnerability

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jul 17, 2017
Added
Oct 14, 2022
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

xmlsec 1.2.23 and before is vulnerable to XML External Entity Expansion when parsing crafted input documents, resulting in possible information disclosure or denial of service

Solutions

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libxmlsec1ubuntu-pro-upgrade-xmlsec1
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