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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2767-1 libxml-security-java -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

27 Sep 2021

Affected Packages:

libxml-security-java

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 994569.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2021-40690.

More information:

Apache Santuario, XML Security for Java, is vulnerable to an issue where the secureValidation property is not passed correctly when creating a KeyInfo from a KeyInfoReference element. This allows an attacker to abuse an XPath Transform to extract any local .xml files in a RetrievalMethod element.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.8-2+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libxml-security-java packages.

For the detailed security status of libxml-security-java please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libxml-security-java

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