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  Welcome to Release 6.3, a bug-fix release for the DSpace 6.x platform. Any previous version of DSpace may be upgraded to DSpace 6 directly. For more information, please see Upgrading DSpace.

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6.4 Release Notes

Note
titleWe highly recommend ALL users of DSpace 6.x upgrade to 6.4

DSpace 6.4 contains security fixes for both the JSPUI and XMLUI. To ensure your 6.x  site is secure, we highly recommend ALL DSpace 6.x users upgrade to DSpace 6.4l.

DSpace 6.4 upgrade instructions are available at: Upgrading DSpace

DSpace 6.4 is a bug fix release to resolve several issues located in previous 6.x releases. As it only provides only bug fixes, DSpace 6.4 should constitute an easy upgrade from DSpace 6.x for most users. No database changes should be necessary when upgrading from DSpace 6.x to 6.4.

Security fixes include:

  • [HIGH] CVE-2022-31195 (impacts XMLUI and JSPUI): Path traversal vulnerability in Simple Archive Format package import (ItemImportService API). This means a malicious SAF (simple archive format) package could cause a file/directory to be created anywhere the Tomcat/DSpace user can write to on the server. This path traversal is only possible by a user with special privileges (Administrators or someone with command-line access to the server).
    • Reported by Johannes Moritz of Ripstech
  • [HIGH] CVE-2022-31194 (impacts JSPUI only) : The JSPUI resumable upload implementations in SubmissionController and FileUploadRequest are vulnerable to multiple path traversal attacks, allowing an attacker to create files/directories anywhere on the server writable by the Tomcat/DSpace user, just by modifying some request parameters during submission. This path traversal can only be executed by a user with submitter rights.
    • Reported by Johannes Moritz of Ripstech
  • [HIGH] CVE-2022-31193 (impacts JSPUI only) : The JSPUI controlled vocabulary servlet is vulnerable to an open redirect attack, where an attacker can craft a malicious URL that looks like a legitimate DSpace/repository URL. When that URL is clicked by the target, it redirects them to a site of the attacker's choice.
    • Reported by Johannes Moritz of Ripstech
  • [MODERATE] CVE-2022-31191 (impacts JSPUI only) : The JSPUI spellcheck "Did you mean" HTML escapes the data-spell attribute in the link, but not the actual displayed text. Similarly, the JSPUI autocomplete HTML does not properly escape text passed to it. Both are vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS).
    • Reported by Hassan Bhuiyan, Brunel University London
  • [MODERATE] CVE-2022-31192 (impacts JSPUI only) : The JSPUI "Request a Copy" feature is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attacks.
    • Reported by Andrea Bollini of 4Science
  • [LOW] CVE-2022-31189 (impacts JSPUI only) When an "Internal System Error" occurs in the JSPUI, then entire exception (including stack trace) is available. Information in this stacktrace may be useful to an attacker in launching a more sophisticated attack.
    • Reported by Johannes Moritz of Ripstech
  • [LOW] CVE-2022-31190 (impacts XMLUI only) Metadata of withdrawn Items is exposed to anonymous users in XMLUI.
    • Reported by David Cavrenne of Atmire

Major bug fixes include:

Minor improvements include:

View the full list of changes for DSpace 6.4 on GitHub.

6.4 Acknowledgments

The 6.4 release was led by Alan Orth, Kim Shepherd, Nicholas Woodward and Hrafn Malmquist (of Cottage Labs).

The following individuals provided tests, code, bug fixes, or review to the 6.4 release (in alphabetical order by given name): Alan Orth, Alexander Sulfrian, Andrea Bollini, Andrea Jenis Saroni, Andrew Wood, Anis, Bram Luyten, Chris Herron, Chris Wilper, Cornelius Matějka, Francesco Pio Scognamiglio, Giuseppe Digilio, Hrafn Malmquist, Huma Zafar, Iordanis Kostelidis, Istvan Vig, Jonas Van Goolen, Kim Shepherd, Kristof De Langhe, Leonardo Guerrero, Lotte Hofstede, Luigi Andrea Pascarelli, Mark H. Wood, Martin Walk, Nicholas Woodward, Pascal-Nicolas Becker, Paulo Graça, Philip Vissenaekens, PTrottier, Saiful Amin, Samuel, santit96, ssolim, Terry Brady, Tim Donohue, Toni Prieto.

6.3 Release Notes

Note
titleWe highly recommend ALL JSPUI users of DSpace 6.x upgrade to 6.3

DSpace 6.3 contains security fixes for the JSPUI (only). To ensure your 6.x JSPUI site is secure, we highly recommend ALL JSPUI DSpace 6.x users upgrade to DSpace 6.3

DSpace 6.x XMLUI users may also wish to upgrade as several major bugs have been fixed in the XMLUI as well.

DSpace 6.3 upgrade instructions are available at: Upgrading DSpace

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