CVE-2020-13936
Publication date 10 March 2021
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
An attacker that is able to modify Velocity templates may execute arbitrary Java code or run arbitrary system commands with the same privileges as the account running the Servlet container. This applies to applications that allow untrusted users to upload/modify velocity templates running Apache Velocity Engine versions up to 2.2.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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velocity | ||
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
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20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed 1.7-5+deb9u1build0.20.04.1
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18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 1.7-5ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 1.7-4ubuntu0.1~esm1
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14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
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Parameter | Value |
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Base score | 8.8 · High |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | Low |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-6281-1
- Velocity Engine vulnerability
- 10 August 2023
Other references
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/10/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/10/1
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r01043f584cbd47959fabe18fff64de940f81a65024bb8dddbda31d9a%40%3Cuser.velocity.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r01043f584cbd47959fabe18fff64de940f81a65024bb8dddbda31d9a@%3Cuser.velocity.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3ea4c4c908505b20a4c268330dfe7188b90c84dcf777728d02068ae6@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb042f3b0090e419cc9f5a3d32cf0baff283ccd6fcb1caea61915d6b6@%3Ccommits.velocity.apache.org%3E
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-13936