ALAS2-2023-1914

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-41853  

Those using java.sql.Statement or java.sql.PreparedStatement in hsqldb (HyperSQL DataBase) to process untrusted input may be vulnerable to a remote code execution attack. By default it is allowed to call any static method of any Java class in the classpath resulting in code execution. The issue can be prevented by updating to 2.7.1 or by setting the system property "hsqldb.method_class_names" to classes which are allowed to be called. For example, System.setProperty("hsqldb.method_class_names", "abc") or Java argument -Dhsqldb.method_class_names="abc" can be used. From version 2.7.1 all classes by default are not accessible except those in java.lang.Math and need to be manually enabled. (CVE-2022-41853)

ALAS2-2023-1914


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-1914
Advisory Release Date: 2023-01-18 00:17 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-01-20 23:09 Pacific
Severity: Important
References: CVE-2022-41853 

Issue Overview:

Those using java.sql.Statement or java.sql.PreparedStatement in hsqldb (HyperSQL DataBase) to process untrusted input may be vulnerable to a remote code execution attack. By default it is allowed to call any static method of any Java class in the classpath resulting in code execution. The issue can be prevented by updating to 2.7.1 or by setting the system property "hsqldb.method_class_names" to classes which are allowed to be called. For example, System.setProperty("hsqldb.method_class_names", "abc") or Java argument -Dhsqldb.method_class_names="abc" can be used. From version 2.7.1 all classes by default are not accessible except those in java.lang.Math and need to be manually enabled. (CVE-2022-41853)


Affected Packages:

hsqldb


Issue Correction:
Run yum update hsqldb to update your system.

New Packages:
noarch:
    hsqldb-1.8.1.3-15.amzn2.0.1.noarch
    hsqldb-manual-1.8.1.3-15.amzn2.0.1.noarch
    hsqldb-javadoc-1.8.1.3-15.amzn2.0.1.noarch
    hsqldb-demo-1.8.1.3-15.amzn2.0.1.noarch

src:
    hsqldb-1.8.1.3-15.amzn2.0.1.src