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CVE-2020-1953

Published: Mar 13, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
10
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
9 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1953
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

Apache Commons Configuration uses a third-party library to parse YAML files which by default allows the instantiation of classes if the YAML includes special statements. Apache Commons Configuration versions 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 did not change the default settings of this library. So if a YAML file was loaded from an untrusted source, it could therefore load and execute code out of the control of the host application.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Commons_configurationApache2.2 (including)2.2 (including)
Commons_configurationApache2.3 (including)2.3 (including)
Commons_configurationApache2.4 (including)2.4 (including)
Commons_configurationApache2.5 (including)2.5 (including)
Commons_configurationApache2.6 (including)2.6 (including)
Red Hat AMQRedHatcommons-configuration2*
Red Hat AMQRedHatcommons-configuration2*
Red Hat Fuse 7.7.0RedHatcommons-configuration2*
Commons-configuration2Ubuntubionic*
Commons-configuration2Ubuntueoan*
Commons-configuration2Ubuntuesm-apps/bionic*
Commons-configuration2Ubuntuesm-apps/focal*
Commons-configuration2Ubuntufocal*
Commons-configuration2Ubuntutrusty*
Commons-configuration2Ubuntuupstream*

References

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