Debian Security Advisory
DSA-3575-1 libxstream-java -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 12 May 2016
- Affected Packages:
- libxstream-java
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2016-3674.
- More information:
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It was discovered that XStream, a Java library to serialize objects to XML and back again, was susceptible to XML External Entity attacks.
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.7-2+deb8u1.
For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.9-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.9-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libxstream-java packages.