CVE-2020-2757: Low severity IBM Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant On-Premises vulnerability

Published Apr 12, 2020
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Updated

A flaw was found in the Serialization component of OpenJDK. The invokeWriteObject() method of the ObjectStreamClass method failed to catch InstantiationError exception during object stream deserialization, which could cause an unexpected exception to be raised when processing an untrusted serialized input.

Other sources

An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Java SE Serialization component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a low availability impact using unknown attack vectors.

— IBM

CVE-2020-2756 Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: Serialization). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u251, 8u241, 11.0.6 and 14; Java SE Embedded: 8u241. 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 unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Note: Applies to client and server deployment of Java. This vulnerability can be exploited through sandboxed Java Web Start applications and sandboxed Java applets. It can also be exploited by supplying data to APIs in the specified Component without using sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, such as through a web service. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 3.7 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L). CVE-2020-2757 Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: Serialization). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u251, 8u241, 11.0.6 and 14; Java SE Embedded: 8u241. 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 unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Note: Applies to client and server deployment of Java. This vulnerability can be exploited through sandboxed Java Web Start applications and sandboxed Java applets. It can also be exploited by supplying data to APIs in the specified Component without using sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, such as through a web service. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 3.7 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

— F5

Affected Software

159 affected componentsFixes available
redhat/java<1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.252.b09-2.el6_10
1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.252.b09-2.el6_10
redhat/java<1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.261-2.6.22.1.el6_10
1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.261-2.6.22.1.el6_10
redhat/java<1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.65-1jpp.1.el6_10
1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.65-1jpp.1.el6_10
redhat/java<1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.6.10-1jpp.1.el6_10
1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.6.10-1jpp.1.el6_10
redhat/java<1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.261-2.6.22.2.el7_8
1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.261-2.6.22.2.el7_8
redhat/java<11-openjdk-1:11.0.7.10-4.el7_8
11-openjdk-1:11.0.7.10-4.el7_8
redhat/java<1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.252.b09-2.el7_8
1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.252.b09-2.el7_8
redhat/java<1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.6.10-1jpp.1.el7
1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.6.10-1jpp.1.el7
redhat/java<1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.65-1jpp.1.el7
1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.65-1jpp.1.el7
redhat/java<11-openjdk-1:11.0.7.10-1.el8_1
11-openjdk-1:11.0.7.10-1.el8_1
redhat/java<1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.252.b09-2.el8_1
1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.252.b09-2.el8_1
redhat/java<1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.6.10-1.el8_2
1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.6.10-1.el8_2
redhat/java<1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.252.b09-2.el8_0
1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.252.b09-2.el8_0
redhat/java<11-openjdk-1:11.0.7.10-1.el8_0
11-openjdk-1:11.0.7.10-1.el8_0
IBM Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant On-Premises<=All
Oracle JDK=1.7.0-update251
Oracle JDK=1.8.0-update241
Oracle JDK=11.0.6
Oracle JDK=14.0.0
Oracle JRE=1.7.0-update251
Oracle JRE=1.8.0-update241
Oracle JRE=11.0.6
Oracle JRE=14.0.0
Oracle OpenJDK>=11<=11.0.6
Oracle OpenJDK>=13<=13.0.2
Oracle OpenJDK=7
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update1
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update10
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update101
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update11
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update111
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update121
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update13
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update131
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update141
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update15
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update151
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update161
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update17
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update171
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update181
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update191
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update2
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update201
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update21
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update211
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update221
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update231
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update241
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update25
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update251
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update3
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update4
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update40
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update45
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update5
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update51
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update55
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update6
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update60
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update65
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update67
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update7
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update72
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update76
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update80
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update85
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update9
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update91
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update95
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update97
Oracle OpenJDK=7-update99
Oracle OpenJDK=8
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update101
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update102
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update11
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update111
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update112
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update121
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update131
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update141
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update151
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update152
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update161
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update162
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update171
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update172
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update181
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update191
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update192
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update20
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update201
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update202
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update211
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update212
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update221
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update231
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update241
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update25
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update31
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update40
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update45
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update5
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update51
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update60
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update65
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update66
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update71
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update72
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update73
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update74
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update77
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update91
Oracle OpenJDK=8-update92
Oracle OpenJDK=14
NetApp 7-Mode Transition Tool
NetApp Active Iq Unified Manager Windows>=7.3
NetApp Active Iq Unified Manager Vsphere>=9.5
NetApp Cloud Backup
NetApp Cloud Secure Agent
NetApp E-series Performance Analyzer
NetApp E-Series SANtricity OS Controller>=11.0.0<=11.70.2
NetApp E-series Santricity Web Services Web Services Proxy
NetApp OnCommand Insight
NetApp OnCommand Workflow Automation
NetApp Santricity Unified Manager
NetApp Snapmanager Sap
NetApp Snapmanager Oracle
NetApp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage
NetApp Storagegrid>=9.0.0<=9.0.4
NetApp Storagegrid
Fedoraproject Fedora=30
Fedoraproject Fedora=31
Fedoraproject Fedora=32
openSUSE Leap=15.1
openSUSE Leap=15.2
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=16.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=18.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=19.10
Debian Debian Linux=8.0
Debian Debian Linux=9.0
Debian Debian Linux=10.0
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator>=5.9.0<5.10.0
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator=5.10.0-update_1
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator=5.10.0-update_2
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator=5.10.0-update_3
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator=5.10.0-update_4
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator=5.10.0-update_5
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator=5.10.0-update_6
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator=5.10.0-update_7
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator=5.10.0-update_8
F5 BIG-IP>=17.5.0<=17.5.1, >=17.0.0<=17.1.3
F5 BIG-IP>=16.1.0<=16.1.6
F5 BIG-IP>=15.1.0<=15.1.10
F5 BIG-IP>=14.1.0<=14.1.5
F5 BIG-IP>=13.1.0<=13.1.5
F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management>=8.0.0<=8.4.0
debian/openjdk-11
11.0.24+8-2~deb11u111.0.30+7-1~deb11u111.0.30+7-1
debian/openjdk-8
8u472-ga-1

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/java to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.252.b09-2.el6_10
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/java to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.261-2.6.22.1.el6_10
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/java to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.65-1jpp.1.el6_10
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/java to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.6.10-1jpp.1.el6_10
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/java to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.261-2.6.22.2.el7_8
  6. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/java to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 11-openjdk-1:11.0.7.10-4.el7_8
  7. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/java to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.252.b09-2.el7_8
  8. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/java to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.6.10-1jpp.1.el7
  9. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/java to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.65-1jpp.1.el7
  10. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/java to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 11-openjdk-1:11.0.7.10-1.el8_1
  11. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/java to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.252.b09-2.el8_1
  12. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/java to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.6.10-1.el8_2
  13. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/java to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.252.b09-2.el8_0
  14. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/java to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 11-openjdk-1:11.0.7.10-1.el8_0
  15. Upgrade

    Upgrade debian/openjdk-11 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 11.0.24+8-2~deb11u1Fixed in 11.0.30+7-1~deb11u1Fixed in 11.0.30+7-1
  16. Upgrade

    Upgrade debian/openjdk-8 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 8u472-ga-1
  17. Upgrade

    Upgrade OpenJDK/Oracle Java SE (Serialization component) to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 7u251
  18. Upgrade

    Upgrade OpenJDK/Oracle Java SE (Serialization component) to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 8u241
  19. Upgrade

    Upgrade OpenJDK/Oracle Java SE (Serialization component) to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 11.0.6
  20. Upgrade

    Upgrade OpenJDK/Oracle Java SE (Serialization component) to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 14
  21. Upgrade

    Upgrade OpenJDK/Oracle Java SE Embedded (Serialization component) to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 8u241
  22. Compensating control

    Avoid exposing Java SE Serialization functionality to untrusted network input through APIs unless the endpoint is protected; this flaw can be exploited by supplying data to APIs in the Serialization component without using sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets (e.g., via a web service).

Event History

Apr 12, 2020
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·08:07 PM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Apr 14, 2020
CVE Published
12:00 AM
Apr 15, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·01:29 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·01:29 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·02:15 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
Jul 24, 2023
Advisory Published
via F5·06:40 PM
Data Sourced
via F5·06:40 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
Feb 23, 2026
Data Sourced
via Ubuntu·10:39 PM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Data Sourced
via Launchpad·10:39 PM
Description
Data Sourced
via Debian·10:40 PM
DescriptionAffected Software

Parent advisories

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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2020-2757?

The severity of CVE-2020-2757 is low with a severity value of 3.7.

2

Which versions of Java SE are affected by CVE-2020-2757?

Java SE versions 7u251, 8u241, 11.0.6, and 14 are affected by CVE-2020-2757.

3

What is the vulnerability in Java SE related to CVE-2020-2757?

The vulnerability in Java SE related to CVE-2020-2757 is in the Serialization component.

4

How can an attacker exploit CVE-2020-2757?

The vulnerability CVE-2020-2757 is difficult to exploit and requires network access by an unauthenticated attacker.

5

How can I fix CVE-2020-2757?

To fix CVE-2020-2757, update your Java SE to version 7u251, 8u241, 11.0.6, or 14, depending on the affected version.

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