UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4245
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-4245
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2022/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4245.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4245
- Upstream
- Published
- 2023-09-25T20:15:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-07-18T16:49:07Z
- Severity
-
- 4.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- 4.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Ubuntu - medium
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
A flaw was found in codehaus-plexus. The org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.XmlWriterUtil#writeComment fails to sanitize comments for a --> sequence. This issue means that text contained in the command string could be interpreted as XML and allow for XML injection.
- References
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- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-4245
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGCODEHAUSPLEXUS-461102
- https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-utils/commit/f933e5e78dc2637e485447ed821fe14904f110de
- https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-utils/issues/3
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4245
Affected packages
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / plexus-utils2
Package
- Name
- plexus-utils2
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/plexus-utils2@2.0.5-1+deb7u1build0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / plexus-utils2
Package
- Name
- plexus-utils2
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/plexus-utils2@3.0.22-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial