Executive Summary

Summary
Title Apache Fop vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-3281-1 First vendor Publication 2017-05-09
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2017-05-09
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.9 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 9.2 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 6.8 Authentication Requires single instance
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Apache Fop would allow unintended access to files over the network or could be made to crash.

Software Description: - fop: XML formatter

Details:

Pierre Ernst discovered that Apache Fop incorrectly handled XML external entities. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive files from the filesystem, or cause a denial of service.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libfop-java 1:1.1.dfsg-2ubuntu1.1

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3281-1
CVE-2017-5661

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fop/1:1.1.dfsg-2ubuntu1.1

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3281-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-611 Information Leak Through XML External Entity File Disclosure

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Date Description
2017-05-30 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3864.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-3281-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-01 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-927.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2017-05-11 13:22:40
  • Multiple Updates
2017-05-09 21:22:12
  • First insertion