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CVE-2019-12400

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CVE-2019-12400

Published: Aug 23, 2019

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

In version 2.0.3 Apache Santuario XML Security for Java, a caching mechanism was introduced to speed up creating new XML documents using a static pool of DocumentBuilders. However, if some untrusted code can register a malicious implementation with the thread context class loader first, then this implementation might be cached and re-used by Apache Santuario - XML Security for Java, leading to potential security flaws when validating signed documents, etc. The vulnerability affects Apache Santuario - XML Security for Java 2.0.x releases from 2.0.3 and all 2.1.x releases before 2.1.4.

VendorProductVersions

Apache

Apache Santuario - XML Security for Java

affected
All 2.0.x releases from 2.0.3
affected
all 2.1.x releases before 2.1.4.

References

RHSA-2020:0806
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2020:0811
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2020:0804
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2020:0805
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT

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