Improper Access Control in Apache Derby
Moderate severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
May 13, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Jan 27, 2023
Package
Affected versions
>= 10.3.1.4, <= 10.14.1.0
Patched versions
10.14.2.0
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
May 7, 2018
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 13, 2022
Reviewed
Jun 29, 2022
Last updated
Jan 27, 2023
In Apache Derby 10.3.1.4 to 10.14.1.0, a specially-crafted network packet can be used to request the Derby Network Server to boot a database whose location and contents are under the user's control. If the Derby Network Server is not running with a Java Security Manager policy file, the attack is successful. If the server is using a policy file, the policy file must permit the database location to be read for the attack to work. The default Derby Network Server policy file distributed with the affected releases includes a permissive policy as the default Network Server policy, which allows the attack to work.
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