SB2021072111 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Big Data Spatial and Graph
Published: July 21, 2021
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-17527)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application when processing HTTP/2 requests in Apache Tomcat. The web server can re-use an HTTP request header value from the previous stream received on an
HTTP/2 connection for the request associated with the subsequent stream. As a result a remote attacker can obtain sensitive information from another HTTP request.
2) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5064)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in the "persistence_json.cpp" file due to a boundary error in the data structure persistence functionality. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted JSON file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.