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CVE-2021-40690 Detail

Description

All versions of Apache Santuario - XML Security for Java prior to 2.2.3 and 2.1.7 are vulnerable to an issue where the "secureValidation" property is not passed correctly when creating a KeyInfo from a KeyInfoReference element. This allows an attacker to abuse an XPath Transform to extract any local .xml files in a RetrievalMethod element.


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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8848751b6a5dd78cc9e99d627e74fecfaffdfa1bb615dce827aad633%40%3Cdev.santuario.apache.org%3E Issue Tracking  Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00015.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00015.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230818-0002/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230818-0002/
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5010 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5010 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor cwe source acceptance level NIST   Apache Software Foundation  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-40690
NVD Published Date:
09/19/2021
NVD Last Modified:
11/21/2024
Source:
Apache Software Foundation