UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4245

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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
2025-10-24T04:53:17Z
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

Affected packages

Ubuntu: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=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.0.5-1
2.0.5-1+deb7u1build0.14.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.5-1+deb7u1build0.14.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libplexus-utils2-java"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2022/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4245.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / plexus-utils2

Package

Name
plexus-utils2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/plexus-utils2@3.0.22-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.0.15-1
3.0.22-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.0.22-1",
            "binary_name": "libplexus-utils2-java"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2022/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4245.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / plexus-utils2

Package

Name
plexus-utils2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/plexus-utils2@3.0.24-3?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.0.24-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.0.24-3",
            "binary_name": "libplexus-utils2-java"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2022/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4245.json"