MGASA-2019-0002

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    MGASA-2019-0002

    Published: 5 Jan 2019Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated xmlrpc packages fix security vulnerabilities

    Details: XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the Apache XML-RPC (aka ws-xmlrpc) library 3.1.3, as used in Apache Archiva, allows remote attackers to conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks via a crafted DTD (CVE-2016-5002). A flaw was discovered in the Apache XML-RPC (ws-xmlrpc) library that deserializes untrusted data when enabledForExtensions setting is enabled. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java object in a <ex:serializable> element (CVE-2016-5003).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0002.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23105, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/5AEMJ2ZNFZVGVMACAZMQQCBOFBVUTNZA/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xmlrpc

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/xmlrpc?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.1.3-70.1.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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