USN-7353-1: PlantUML vulnerability

Publication date

17 March 2025

Overview

PlantUML could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted UML file.


Packages

Details

Tobias S. Fink discovered that PlantUML was susceptible to cross-site
scripting attacks (XSS) in instances where SVG images were rendered.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PlantUML to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or the execution of arbitrary code.

Tobias S. Fink discovered that PlantUML was susceptible to cross-site
scripting attacks (XSS) in instances where SVG images were rendered.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PlantUML to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or the execution of arbitrary code.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
24.10 oracular plantuml –  1:1.2020.2+ds-5ubuntu0.1
24.04 noble plantuml –  1:1.2020.2+ds-3ubuntu1.1
22.04 jammy plantuml –  1:1.2020.2+ds-1ubuntu0.1
20.04 focal plantuml –  1:1.2018.13+ds-2ubuntu0.1~esm1  
18.04 bionic plantuml –  1:1.2017.15-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
16.04 xenial plantuml –  8024-2ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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