CVE-2016-6814
Published: 18 January 2018
When an application with unsupported Codehaus versions of Groovy from 1.7.0 to 2.4.3, Apache Groovy 2.4.4 to 2.4.7 on classpath uses standard Java serialization mechanisms, e.g. to communicate between servers or to store local data, it was possible for an attacker to bake a special serialized object that will execute code directly when deserialized. All applications which rely on serialization and do not isolate the code which deserializes objects were subject to this vulnerability.
From the Ubuntu Security Team
It was discovered that Apache Groovy incorrectly handled incorrectly handled serialization mechanisms. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| ebarretto | groovy in Xenial is currently FTBFS. Also there's no more support from upstream to that version (1.8.6) |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
groovy Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Not vulnerable
(2.4.8-1)
|
| bionic |
Not vulnerable
(2.4.8-1)
|
|
| cosmic |
Not vulnerable
(2.4.8-1)
|
|
| disco |
Not vulnerable
(2.4.8-1)
|
|
| eoan |
Not vulnerable
(2.4.8-1)
|
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
(2.4.8-1)
|
|
| groovy |
Not vulnerable
(2.4.8-1)
|
|
| hirsute |
Not vulnerable
(2.4.8-1)
|
|
| impish |
Not vulnerable
(2.4.8-1)
|
|
| jammy |
Not vulnerable
(2.4.8-1)
|
|
| kinetic |
Not vulnerable
(2.4.8-1)
|
|
| lunar |
Not vulnerable
(2.4.8-1)
|
|
| mantic |
Not vulnerable
(2.4.8-1)
|
|
| precise |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(2.4.8-1)
|
|
| xenial |
Needed
|
|
| yakkety |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| zesty |
Not vulnerable
(2.4.8-1)
|
|
|
groovy2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Does not exist
|
| bionic |
Does not exist
|
|
| cosmic |
Does not exist
|
|
| disco |
Does not exist
|
|
| eoan |
Does not exist
|
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| hirsute |
Does not exist
|
|
| impish |
Does not exist
|
|
| jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
| kinetic |
Does not exist
|
|
| lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
| mantic |
Does not exist
|
|
| precise |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(2.4.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro |
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 9.8 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |