DSA-3065-1 libxml-security-java -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-3065-1 libxml-security-java -- security update

Date Reported:

06 Nov 2014

Affected Packages:

libxml-security-java

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 720375.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2013-2172.

More information:

James Forshaw discovered that, in Apache Santuario XML Security for Java, CanonicalizationMethod parameters were incorrectly validated: by specifying an arbitrary weak canonicalization algorithm, an attacker could spoof XML signatures.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.5-1+deb7u1.

For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.5-2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.5-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libxml-security-java packages.