Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2551-1
30th March, 2015
jakarta-taglibs-standard vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
Apache Standard Taglibs loaded external XML entities.
Software description
- jakarta-taglibs-standard
– Implementation of JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL)
Details
David Jorm discovered that the Apache Standard Taglibs incorrectly handled
external XML entities. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code or perform other external XML entity attacks.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 14.10:
-
libjakarta-taglibs-standard-java
1.1.2-2ubuntu1.14.10.1
-
libjstl1.1-java
1.1.2-2ubuntu1.14.10.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
libjakarta-taglibs-standard-java
1.1.2-2ubuntu1.14.04.1
-
libjstl1.1-java
1.1.2-2ubuntu1.14.04.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.