Vulnerability · Published Jul 15, 2020 · Assigned by oracle
CVE-2020-14621
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Java from Oracle Corporation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 4.5% (higher than 91% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: JAXP). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u261, 8u251, 11.0.7 and 14.0.1; Java SE Embedded: 8u251. Easily exploitable 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. Note: This vulnerability can only be exploited by supplying data to APIs in the specified Component without using Untrusted Java Web Start applications or Untrusted Java applets, such as through a web service. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N).
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | openjdk11 | 11.0.8_p10-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-14621 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | openjdk11 | 11.0.8_p10-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-14621 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | openjdk11 | 11.0.8_p10-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-14621 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | openjdk11 | 11.0.8_p10-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-14621 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | openjdk11 | 11.0.8_p10-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-14621 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | openjdk8 | 8.272.10-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-14621 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | openjdk8 | 8.272.10-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-14621 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | openjdk8 | 8.272.10-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-14621 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | openjdk8 | 8.272.10-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-14621 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | openjdk8 | 8.272.10-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-14621 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle Corporation | Java | Java SE: 7u261, 8u251, 11.0.7, 14.0.1Java SE Embedded: 8u251 |
References
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200717-0005/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- FEDORA-2020-e418151dc3 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2020-5d0b4a2b5b vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- USN-4433-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- DSA-4734 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- FEDORA-2020-508df53719 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2020-93cc9c3ef2 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1175 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1191 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200813 [SECURITY] [DLA 2325-1] openjdk-8 security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- USN-4453-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- GLSA-202008-24 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- [xerces-j-users] 20201014 Security vulnerability in 2.12.0 mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10332 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1893 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- GLSA-202209-15 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO