CVE-2020-13936 Affecting velocity package, versions <1.7-5+deb9u1build0.20.04.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-VELOCITY-1144547
  • published8 Aug 2023
  • disclosed10 Mar 2021

Introduced: 10 Mar 2021

CVE-2020-13936  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 velocity to version 1.7-5+deb9u1build0.20.04.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream velocity package and not the velocity package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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