Addressing Hibernate Vulnerabilities in Ubuntu: Update for libhibernate3-java
Summary
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary: Hibernate could be made to expose sensitive information. Software Description: - libhibernate3-java: Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java Details: It was discovered that Hibernate incorrectly handled certain inputs with unsanitized literals. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information.
Update Instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libhibernate3-java 3.6.10.Final-9+deb10u1build0.20.04.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libhibernate3-java 3.6.10.Final-9ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS libhibernate3-java 3.6.10.Final-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6845-1
CVE-2020-25638
Package Information
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libhibernate3-java/3.6.10.Final-9+deb10u1build0.20.04.1