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Posted on 15 November 2021
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-5010-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Markus Koschany
November 15, 2021 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : libxml-security-java
CVE ID : CVE-2021-40690
Debian Bug : 994569
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 the oldstable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed
in version 2.0.10-2+deb10u1.
For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0.10-2+deb11u1.
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 Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
