ubuntu-cve-2017-20189
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-01-22 06:15
Modified
2025-10-24 04:46
Summary
Details

In Clojure before 1.9.0, classes can be used to construct a serialized object that executes arbitrary code upon deserialization. This is relevant if a server deserializes untrusted objects.

Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "clojure",
            "binary_version": "1.9.0-6~18.04"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libclojure-java",
            "binary_version": "1.9.0-6~18.04"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "clojure",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/clojure@1.9.0-6~18.04?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.8.0-3",
        "1.9.0~alpha15-1",
        "1.9.0~alpha15-2",
        "1.9.0-2",
        "1.9.0-6~18.04"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "In Clojure before 1.9.0, classes can be used to construct a serialized object that executes arbitrary code upon deserialization. This is relevant if a server deserializes untrusted objects.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-20189",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T04:46:41Z",
  "published": "2024-01-22T06:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-20189"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://hackmd.io/%40fe1w0/HyefvRQKp"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://clojure.atlassian.net/browse/CLJ-2204"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/frohoff/ysoserial/pull/68/files"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGCLOJURE-5740378"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-20189"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-20189"
  ]
}



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