CVE-2021-40690
Published: 19 September 2021
All versions of Apache Santuario - XML Security for Java prior to 2.2.3 and 2.1.7 are vulnerable to an issue where the "secureValidation" property is not passed correctly when creating a KeyInfo from a KeyInfoReference element. This allows an attacker to abuse an XPath Transform to extract any local .xml files in a RetrievalMethod element.
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
libxml-security-java Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(2.0.10-2~18.04.1)
|
| focal |
Released
(2.0.10-2+deb11u1build0.20.04.1)
|
|
| hirsute |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| impish |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| jammy |
Not vulnerable
(2.1.7-2)
|
|
| kinetic |
Not vulnerable
(2.1.7-2)
|
|
| lunar |
Not vulnerable
(2.1.7-2)
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Not vulnerable
(2.2.3)
|
|
| xenial |
Needed
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.5 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-40690
- https://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/CVE-2021-40690.txt.asc
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8848751b6a5dd78cc9e99d627e74fecfaffdfa1bb615dce827aad633%40%3Cdev.santuario.apache.org%3E
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5525-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian