USN-5946-1: XStream vulnerabilities
13 March 2023
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, 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
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 22.10
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04
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libxstream-java
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1.4.8-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 14.04
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libxstream-java
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1.4.7-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.