Ubuntu Security Notice 2218-1 - Nicolas Gregoire discovered that Xalan-Java incorrectly handled certain properties when the secure processing feature was enabled. An attacker could possibly use this issue to load arbitrary classes or access external resources.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2218-1
May 21, 2014
libxalan2-java vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary:
Xalan-Java could be made to load arbitrary classes or access external
resources.
Software Description:
- libxalan2-java: XSL Transformations (XSLT) processor in Java
Details:
Nicolas Gregoire discovered that Xalan-Java incorrectly handled certain
properties when the secure processing feature was enabled. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to load arbitrary classes or access external
resources.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 13.10:
libxalan2-java 2.7.1-8ubuntu0.1
libxsltc-java 2.7.1-8ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libxalan2-java 2.7.1-7ubuntu0.1
libxsltc-java 2.7.1-7ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
libxalan2-java 2.7.1-5ubuntu1.1
libxalan2-java-gcj 2.7.1-5ubuntu1.1
libxsltc-java 2.7.1-5ubuntu1.1
libxsltc-java-gcj 2.7.1-5ubuntu1.1
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all
the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2218-1
CVE-2014-0107
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxalan2-java/2.7.1-8ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxalan2-java/2.7.1-7ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxalan2-java/2.7.1-5ubuntu1.1