Bug#1032089: libwoodstox-java: CVE-2022-40152

[Moritz Mühlenhoff]

Source: libwoodstox-java
X-Debbugs-CC: team at security.debian.org
Severity: important
Tags: security

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for libwoodstox-java.

CVE-2022-40152[0]:
| Those using Woodstox to parse XML data may be vulnerable to Denial of
| Service attacks (DOS) if DTD support is enabled. If the parser is
| running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that
| causes the parser to crash by stackoverflow. This effect may support a
| denial of service attack.

https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/issues/304
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3f7h-mf4q-vrm4
		

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-40152
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-40152

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.