CVE-2023-3431

Publication date 27 June 2023

Last updated 17 March 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

Improper Access Control in GitHub repository plantuml/plantuml prior to 1.2023.9.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
plantuml 24.10 oracular Ignored backport too intrusive
24.04 LTS noble Ignored backport too intrusive
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needed
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needed
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored backport too intrusive
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support

Notes

john-breton

ALLOW_INCLUDE defaulting to false was not introduced prior to 1.2020.X. Prior to version 1.2020.11, the security module of PlantUML did not exist. This fix relies on this module and its adoption requires significant code changes, making a backport infeasible.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.3 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N