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CVE-2020-14556

Publication date 14 July 2020

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: Libraries). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 8u251, 11.0.7 and 14.0.1; Java SE Embedded: 8u251. 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 as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Java SE, Java SE Embedded accessible data. Note: Applies to client and server deployment of Java. This vulnerability can be exploited through sandboxed Java Web Start applications and sandboxed Java applets. It can also be exploited by supplying data to APIs in the specified Component without using sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, such as through a web service. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.8 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N).

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
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20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by openjdk-17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
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
Fixed 8u262-b10-0ubuntu1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 8u262-b10-0ubuntu1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 8u262-b10-0ubuntu1
21.10 impish
Fixed 8u262-b10-0ubuntu1
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 8u262-b10-0ubuntu1
20.10 groovy
Fixed 8u262-b10-0ubuntu1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 8u265-b01-0ubuntu2~20.04
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 8u265-b01-0ubuntu2~18.04
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 8u265-b01-0ubuntu2~16.04
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
openjdk-lts 23.04 lunar
Fixed 11.0.8+10-0ubuntu1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 11.0.8+10-0ubuntu1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 11.0.8+10-0ubuntu1
21.10 impish
Fixed 11.0.8+10-0ubuntu1
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 11.0.8+10-0ubuntu1
20.10 groovy
Fixed 11.0.8+10-0ubuntu1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 11.0.8+10-0ubuntu1~20.04
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 11.0.8+10-0ubuntu1~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes

sbeattie

fix for openjdk-8 introduced a regression

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 Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4453-1
    • OpenJDK 8 vulnerabilities
    • 5 August 2020

Other references