ubuntu-cve-2019-12400
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2019-08-23 21:15
Modified
2025-10-24 04:47
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12400",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T04:47:40Z",
  "published": "2019-08-23T21:15:00Z",
  "references": [
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12400"
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      "url": "http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/CVE-2019-12400.asc"
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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  ]
}



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