CVE-2019-17570

Publication date 23 January 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

An untrusted deserialization was found in the org.apache.xmlrpc.parser.XmlRpcResponseParser:addResult method of Apache XML-RPC (aka ws-xmlrpc) library. A malicious XML-RPC server could target a XML-RPC client causing it to execute arbitrary code. Apache XML-RPC is no longer maintained and this issue will not be fixed.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libxmlrpc3-java	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	19.10 eoan	Ignored end of life
	19.04 disco	Ignored end of life
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 3.1.3-9+deb10u1build0.18.04.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 3.1.3-7+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-4496-1
Apache XML-RPC vulnerability
15 September 2020