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title: "CVE-2019-9628\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2019-9628

Publication date 12 March 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**7.5 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-9628?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

The XMLTooling library all versions prior to V3.0.4, provided with the
OpenSAML and Shibboleth Service Provider software, contains an XML parsing
class. Invalid data in the XML declaration causes an exception of a type
that was not handled properly in the parser class and propagates an
unexpected exception type.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| xmltooling | 18.10 cosmic | Fixed 3.0.2-1ubuntu1.1 |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 1.6.4-1ubuntu2.1 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 1.5.6-2ubuntu0.3 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1.5.3-2+deb8u3ubuntu0.1 |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

7.5 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 7.5 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9628)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9628)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2019-9628)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-9628)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-3921-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3921-1)
+ XMLTooling vulnerability
+ 26 March 2019

### Other references

* <https://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20190311.txt>
* <https://issues.shibboleth.net/jira/browse/CPPXT-143>
* <https://git.shibboleth.net/view/?p=cpp-xmltooling.git;a=commit;h=af27c422f551e16989ff6f1722d83614c8550eb5>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9628>