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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-13936): Velocity Engine vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-13936): Velocity Engine vulnerability

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/10/2021
Created
08/11/2023
Added
08/11/2023
Modified
08/11/2023

Description

An attacker that is able to modify Velocity templates may execute arbitrary Java code or run arbitrary system commands with the same privileges as the account running the Servlet container. This applies to applications that allow untrusted users to upload/modify velocity templates running Apache Velocity Engine versions up to 2.2.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-velocity

References

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