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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: USN-6845-1 Critical: Hibernate Sensitive Data Exposure

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Calendar Grey June 24, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Protect your Ubuntu platform from the potential threat of Hibernate's confidential information leak with this critical alert.
Hibernate could be made to expose sensitive information.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary: Hibernate could be made to expose sensitive information. Software Description: - libhibernate3-java: Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java Details: It was discovered that Hibernate incorrectly handled certain inputs with unsanitized literals. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information.

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libhibernate3-java 3.6.10.Final-9+deb10u1build0.20.04.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libhibernate3-java 3.6.10.Final-9ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS libhibernate3-java 3.6.10.Final-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6845-1

CVE-2020-25638

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6845-1

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libhibernate3-java/3.6.10.Final-9+deb10u1build0.20.04.1

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