USN-6117-1: Apache Batik vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 22.10
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• batik - SVG Library

Details

It was discovered that Apache Batik incorrectly handled certain inputs. An
attacker could possibly use this to perform a cross site request forgery
attack. (CVE-2019-17566, CVE-2020-11987, CVE-2022-38398, CVE-2022-38648)

It was discovered that Apache Batik incorrectly handled Jar URLs in some
situations. A remote attacker could use this issue to access files on the
server. (CVE-2022-40146)

It was discovered that Apache Batik allowed running untrusted Java code from
an SVG. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service,
or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-41704, CVE-2022-42890)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 22.10

• libbatik-java - 1.14-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.04

• libbatik-java - 1.14-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 20.04

• libbatik-java - 1.12-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04

• libbatik-java - 1.10-2~18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04

• libbatik-java - 1.8-3ubuntu1+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04

• libbatik-java - 1.7.ubuntu-8ubuntu2.14.04.3+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2022-40146
• CVE-2020-11987
• CVE-2022-41704
• CVE-2022-38648
• CVE-2022-38398
• CVE-2019-17566
• CVE-2022-42890