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CVE-2020-2604

Publication date 27 January 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.1 · High

Score breakdown

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: Serialization). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u241, 8u231, 11.0.5 and 13.0.1; Java SE Embedded: 8u231. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets (in Java SE 8), that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. This vulnerability can also be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly handled serialization filter. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass the intended filter during serialization.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
icedtea-web 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
openjdk-12 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
openjdk-13 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
openjdk-8 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan
Fixed 8u242-b08-0ubuntu3~19.10
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 8u242-b08-0ubuntu3~18.04
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 8u242-b08-0ubuntu3~16.04
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
openjdk-9 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored no longer supported by upstream
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
openjdk-lts 23.04 lunar
Fixed 11.0.6+10-1ubuntu1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 11.0.6+10-1ubuntu1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 11.0.6+10-1ubuntu1
21.10 impish
Fixed 11.0.6+10-1ubuntu1
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 11.0.6+10-1ubuntu1
20.10 groovy
Fixed 11.0.6+10-1ubuntu1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 11.0.6+10-1ubuntu1
19.10 eoan
Fixed 11.0.6+10-1ubuntu1~19.10.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 11.0.6+10-1ubuntu1~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.1 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4257-1
    • OpenJDK vulnerabilities
    • 28 January 2020

Other references