USN-4766-1: Apache Commons BeanUtils vulnerabilities

Publication date

15 March 2021

Overview

Apache Commons BeanUtils could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted input.


Packages

Details

It was discovered that Apache Commons BeanUtils improperly handled certain
input. An attacker could possibly use this vulnerability to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code.

It was discovered that Apache Commons BeanUtils improperly handled certain
input. An attacker could possibly use this vulnerability to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.04 bionic libcommons-beanutils-java –  1.9.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
libcommons-beanutils-java-doc –  1.9.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
16.04 xenial libcommons-beanutils-java –  1.9.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1  
14.04 trusty libcommons-beanutils-java –  1.9.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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