Out-of-bounds Write Affecting bcel package, versions <0:5.2-19.el7_9


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.79% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-BCEL-3172394
  • published15 Dec 2022
  • disclosed7 Nov 2022

Introduced: 7 Nov 2022

CVE-2022-42920  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 bcel to version 0:5.2-19.el7_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2022-8958.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bcel package and not the bcel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Apache Commons BCEL has a number of APIs that would normally only allow changing specific class characteristics. However, due to an out-of-bounds writing issue, these APIs can be used to produce arbitrary bytecode. This could be abused in applications that pass attacker-controllable data to those APIs, giving the attacker more control over the resulting bytecode than otherwise expected. Update to Apache Commons BCEL 6.6.0.

CVSS Base Scores

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