First published: Thu Aug 10 2023(Updated: )
Jackson Henry discovered that Velocity Tools incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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All of | ||
ubuntu/libvelocity-tools-java | <2.0-7ubuntu0.20.04.1 | 2.0-7ubuntu0.20.04.1 |
Ubuntu Linux | =20.04 | |
All of | ||
ubuntu/libvelocity-tools-java | <2.0-7ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1 | 2.0-7ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1 |
Ubuntu Linux | =18.04 | |
All of | ||
ubuntu/libvelocity-tools-java | <2.0-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 | 2.0-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 |
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USN-6282-1 is classified as a high severity vulnerability due to the potential for remote code execution.
To address USN-6282-1, upgrade the libvelocity-tools-java package to version 2.0-7ubuntu0.20.04.1 for Ubuntu 20.04, 2.0-7ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1 for Ubuntu 18.04, or 2.0-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 for Ubuntu 16.04.
USN-6282-1 affects the libvelocity-tools-java package in Ubuntu versions 16.04, 18.04, and 20.04.
An attacker exploiting USN-6282-1 could execute arbitrary code on the target system if a user opens a specially crafted input file.
USN-6282-1 was discovered by researcher Jackson Henry.