CVE-2022-4245

NameCVE-2022-4245
DescriptionA flaw was found in codehaus-plexus. The org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.XmlWriterUtil#writeComment fails to sanitize comments for a --> sequence. This issue means that text contained in the command string could be interpreted as XML and allow for XML injection.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
plexus-utils2 (PTS)bullseye3.3.0-1fixed
forky, sid, bookworm, trixie3.4.2-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
plexus-utils2source(unstable)3.0.24-1

Notes

https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGCODEHAUSPLEXUS-461102
https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-utils/commit/f933e5e78dc2637e485447ed821fe14904f110de (plexus-utils-3.0.24)
https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-utils/issues/3
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