CVE-2019-2975

Publication date 16 October 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.8 · Medium

Score breakdown

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: Scripting). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 8u221, 11.0.4 and 13; Java SE Embedded: 8u221. 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 update, insert or delete access to some of Java SE, Java SE Embedded accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) 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 3.0 Base Score 4.8 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L).

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that the Nashorn JavaScript subcomponent in OpenJDK did not properly handle regular expressions in some situations. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (application crash).

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
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
19.04 disco 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-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 Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by openjdk-17
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
19.04 disco 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 8u232-b09-0ubuntu1.1
19.04 disco
Fixed 8u232-b09-0ubuntu1~19.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 8u232-b09-0ubuntu1~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 8u232-b09-0ubuntu1~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
openjdk-lts 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 11.0.5+10-0ubuntu1.1
19.04 disco
Fixed 11.0.5+10-0ubuntu1.1~19.04
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 11.0.5+10-0ubuntu1.1~18.04
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
openjdk-lts

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 4.8 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4223-1
    • OpenJDK vulnerabilities
    • 17 December 2019

Other references