[FOP-3097] A FOP 2.7.1 hotfix release with only updated batik dependencies

• Type: Wish
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.7
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Joshua Marquart
• Created: 10/Oct/22 18:05
• Updated: 09/Nov/22 17:53
• Resolved: 09/Nov/22 08:31

Description

batik 1.14 is a dependency of FOP 2.7. 

1.14 has CVE issues considered HIGH and MEDIUM.  

CVE-2022-40146 - HIGH

CVE-2022-38648 - MEDIUM

CVE-2022-38398 - MEDIUM

These issues are resolved in batik 1.15, but 1.15 still contains vulnerabilities.

CVE-2022-42890 - MEDIUM

 CVE-2022-41704 - MEDIUM

These issues are resolved in batik 1.16.

The existence of these dependency vulnerabilities cause items such as buildbreaker to prevent proper clean builds when referencing FOP 2.7.  The CVE associated with batik 1.16 are considered vulnerability issues by security teams who run audits and enforce build breaker scenarios, preventing deployments of FOP 2.7 due to the vuln existence.

WORKAROUND

The current workaround is for developers to enforce a custom batik dependency override to 1.16.  A FOP 2.7.1 hotfix release just to address the batik dependency problem would be appreciated by the extended community.  It theoretically should not require any FOP code changes.

Issue Links

• is cloned by: FOP-3104 A FOP 2.7.1 hotfix release with only updated batik dependencies to 1.16