Debian Security Advisory

DLA-1296-1 xmltooling -- LTS security update

Date Reported:
28 Feb 2018
Affected Packages:
xmltooling
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-0489.
More information:

Kelby Ludwig and Scott Cantor discovered that the Shibboleth service provider is vulnerable to impersonation attacks and information disclosure due to incorrect XML parsing. For additional details please refer to the upstream advisory at https://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20180227.txt

For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.2-5+deb7u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your xmltooling packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS