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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2023.3012
USN-6102-1: xmldom vulnerabilities
25 May 2023
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: xmldom
Publisher: Ubuntu
Operating System: Ubuntu
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2022-39353 CVE-2022-37616 CVE-2021-21366
Original Bulletin:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6102-1
Comment: CVSS (Max): 9.8 CVE-2022-39353 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVSS Source: NVD
Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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USN-6102-1: xmldom vulnerabilities
24 May 2023
Several security issues were fixed in xmldom.
Releases
o Ubuntu 22.10
o Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
o Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Packages
o node-xmldom - A pure JavaScript W3C standard-based `DOMParser` and
`XMLSerializer` module.
Details
It was discovered that xmldom 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
unexpected syntactic changes during XML processing. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. ( CVE-2021-21366 )
It was discovered that xmldom 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-2022-37616 , CVE-2022-39353 )
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package
versions:
Ubuntu 22.10
o node-xmldom - 0.7.5-1ubuntu0.22.10.1
Ubuntu 22.04
o node-xmldom - 0.7.5-1ubuntu0.22.04.1
Ubuntu 20.04
o node-xmldom - 0.1.27+ds-1+deb10u2build0.20.04.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
o CVE-2021-21366
o CVE-2022-37616
o CVE-2022-39353
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