Directory Traversal Affecting java-1.7.0-openjdk-accessibility package, versions <1:1.7.0.79-2.5.5.1.el7_1


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.49% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-JAVA170OPENJDKACCESSIBILITY-4524360
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 4 Jan 2005

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 java-1.7.0-openjdk-accessibility to version 1:1.7.0.79-2.5.5.1.el7_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:0806.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream java-1.7.0-openjdk-accessibility package and not the java-1.7.0-openjdk-accessibility package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Java Archive Tool (Jar) utility in J2SE SDK 1.4.2 and 1.5, and OpenJDK, allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in filenames in a .jar file.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None
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Red Hat

3.7 low