USN-2551-1

David Jorm discovered that the Apache Standard Taglibs incorrectly handled external XML entities. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or perform other external XML entity attacks.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / jakarta-taglibs-standard

Package

Name: jakarta-taglibs-standard
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/jakarta-taglibs-standard@1.1.2-2ubuntu1.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.1.2-2ubuntu1.14.04.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.1.2-2ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libjakarta-taglibs-standard-java",
            "binary_version": "1.1.2-2ubuntu1.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libjstl1.1-java",
            "binary_version": "1.1.2-2ubuntu1.14.04.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2015-0254",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2551-1.json"