USN-2548-1

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    USN-2548-1

    Published: 25 Mar 2015Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: batik vulnerability

    Details: Nicolas Gregoire and Kevin Schaller discovered that Batik would load XML external entities by default. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted SVG file, an attacker could possibly obtain access to arbitrary files or cause resource consumption.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2548-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0250

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: batik

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.7.ubuntu-8ubuntu2.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    1.7.ubuntu-8ubuntu2

    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