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  2. USN-5946-1

USN-5946-1: XStream vulnerabilities

Publication date

13 March 2023

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in XStream.

Releases

Packages

  • libxstream-java - Java library to serialize objects to XML and back again

Details

Lai Han discovered that XStream incorrectly handled certain inputs.
If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2021-39140)

It was discovered that XStream incorrectly handled certain inputs. If
a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04
LTS. (CVE-2021-39139, CVE-2021-39141, CVE-2021-39144, CVE-2021-39145,
CVE-2021-39146,

Lai Han discovered that XStream incorrectly handled certain inputs.
If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2021-39140)

It was discovered that XStream incorrectly handled certain inputs. If
a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04
LTS. (CVE-2021-39139, CVE-2021-39141, CVE-2021-39144, CVE-2021-39145,
CVE-2021-39146, CVE-2021-39147, CVE-2021-39148, CVE-2021-39149,
CVE-2021-39151, CVE-2021-39153, CVE-2021-39154)

It was discovered that XStream incorrectly handled certain inputs. If
a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain
sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-39150, CVE-2021-39152)

Lai Han discovered that XStream incorrectly handled certain inputs.
If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service. (CVE-2022-41966)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
22.10 kinetic libxstream-java –  1.4.19-1ubuntu0.1
22.04 jammy libxstream-java –  1.4.18-2ubuntu0.1
20.04 focal libxstream-java –  1.4.11.1-1ubuntu0.3
18.04 bionic libxstream-java –  1.4.11.1-1+deb10u4build0.18.04.1
16.04 xenial libxstream-java –  1.4.8-1ubuntu0.1+esm1  
14.04 trusty libxstream-java –  1.4.7-1ubuntu0.1+esm1  

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