bcel security update

2023-07-2714:36:35

CentOS Project

lists.centos.org

byte code engineering library

java class files

security fix

centos

advisory

upstream details

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

0.019 Low

EPSS

Percentile

88.8%

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CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2022:8958

The Byte Code Engineering Library (Apache Commons BCEL) is intended to give users a convenient way to analyze, create, and manipulate (binary) Java class files (those ending with .class).

Security Fix(es):

Apache-Commons-BCEL: arbitrary bytecode produced via out-of-bounds writing (CVE-2022-42920)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2023-July/086406.html

Affected packages:
bcel
bcel-javadoc

Upstream details at:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8958

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
CentOS7noarchbcel< 5.2-19.el7_9bcel-5.2-19.el7_9.noarch.rpm
CentOS7noarchbcel-javadoc< 5.2-19.el7_9bcel-javadoc-5.2-19.el7_9.noarch.rpm