CVE-2013-6429 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2013-6429: The SourceHttpMessageConverter in Spring MVC in Spring Framework before 3.2.5 and 4.0.0.M1 through 4.0.0.RC1 does not disable external entity resolution, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, and conduct CSRF attacks via crafted XML, aka an XML External En

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2013-6429 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

libspring-java→ fixed in3.0.6.RELEASE-11urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libspring-java
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

libspring-java→ fixed in3.0.6.RELEASE-11urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libspring-java
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

libspring-java→ fixed in3.0.6.RELEASE-11urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libspring-java
```

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