UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23437

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23437

    Published: 24 Jan 2022Last Modified: 20 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-23437

    Summary:

    Details: There's a vulnerability within the Apache Xerces Java (XercesJ) XML parser when handling specially crafted XML document payloads. This causes, the XercesJ XML parser to wait in an infinite loop, which may sometimes consume system resources for prolonged duration. This vulnerability is present within XercesJ version 2.12.1 and the previous versions.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-23437, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/24/3, https://lists.apache.org/thread/6pjwm10bb69kq955fzr1n0nflnjd27dl, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/24/3, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23437

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libxerces2-java

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxerces2-java?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.11.0-7

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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