CVE-2022-41853

NameCVE-2022-41853
DescriptionThose 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-3234-1, DSA-5313-1
Debian Bugs1023573

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
hsqldb (PTS)jessie2.2.9+dfsg-4vulnerable
stretch2.3.4-1vulnerable
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)2.4.1-2+deb10u2fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye2.5.1-1+deb11u2fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm2.7.1-1+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie2.7.2-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
hsqldbsourcejessie(unfixed)end-of-life
hsqldbsourcestretch(unfixed)end-of-life
hsqldbsourcebuster2.4.1-2+deb10u1DLA-3234-1
hsqldbsourcebullseye2.5.1-1+deb11u1DSA-5313-1
hsqldbsource(unstable)2.7.1-11023573

Notes

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=50212#c7
http://hsqldb.org/doc/2.0/guide/sqlroutines-chapt.html#src_jrt_access_control
https://sourceforge.net/p/hsqldb/svn/6614/

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