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Critical USN-4496-1 1 CVE

Apache XML-RPC vulnerability

Published Sep 15, 2020 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

It was discovered that Apache XML-RPC (aka ws-xmlrpc) does not properly
deserialize untrusted data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-17570)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS libxmlrpc3-java 3.1.3-7+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS libxmlrpc3-java 3.1.3-9+deb10u1build0.18.04.1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2019-17570 Public exploit EPSS 49%

    Insecure Deserialization in Apache XML-RPC

    An untrusted deserialization was found in the org.apache.xmlrpc.parser.XmlRpcResponseParser:addResult method of Apache XML-RPC (aka ws-xmlrpc) library. A malicious XML-RPC server could target a XML-RPC client causing it to execute arbitrary code. Apache XML-R…

    Apache Apache XML-RPC org.apache.xmlrpc:xmlrpc libxmlrpc3-java Ubuntu Maven

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-17570