libxerces2-java: CVE-2022-23437

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-23437  

Debian Bug report logs - #1016975
libxerces2-java: CVE-2022-23437

Reported by: Moritz Mühlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>

Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 20:12:01 UTC

Severity: important

Tags: security, upstream

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From: Moritz Mühlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: libxerces2-java: CVE-2022-23437
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 22:09:50 +0200
Source: libxerces2-java
X-Debbugs-CC: team@security.debian.org
Severity: important
Tags: security

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for libxerces2-java.

CVE-2022-23437[0]:
| There's a vulnerability within the Apache Xerces Java (XercesJ) XML
| parser when handling specially crafted XML document payloads. This
| causes, the XercesJ XML parser to wait in an infinite loop, which may
| sometimes consume system resources for prolonged duration. This
| vulnerability is present within XercesJ version 2.12.1 and the
| previous versions.

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/24/3


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-23437
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-23437

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.



Added tag(s) upstream. Request was from Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Thu, 11 Aug 2022 04:45:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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