Bug#984949: xmlgraphics-commons: CVE-2020-11988: SSRF due to improper input validation by the XMPParser

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: xmlgraphics-commons
Version: 2.4-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XGC-122
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil at debian.org, Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for xmlgraphics-commons.

CVE-2020-11988[0]:
| Apache XmlGraphics Commons 2.4 is vulnerable to server-side request
| forgery, caused by improper input validation by the XMPParser. By
| using a specially-crafted argument, an attacker could exploit this
| vulnerability to cause the underlying server to make arbitrary GET
| requests.


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-2020-11988
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-11988
[1] https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/24/1
[2] https://github.com/apache/xmlgraphics-commons/commit/57393912eb87b994c7fed39ddf30fb778a275183
[3] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XGC-122

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore