CVE-2020-17521
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.0
Description
Information Disclosure in Apache Groovy
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Arch Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Fixed | 2.5.14-1 |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.4.21-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.4.21-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.4.21-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.4.21-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.4.21-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.codehaus.groovy:groovy | >=2.0.0,<2.4.21 | 2.4.21 |
| Maven | org.codehaus.groovy:groovy | >=2.5.0,<2.5.14 | 2.5.14 |
| Maven | org.codehaus.groovy:groovy | >=3.0.0,<3.0.7 | 3.0.7 |
| Maven | org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all | >=2.0.0,<2.4.21 | 2.4.21 |
| Maven | org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all | >=2.5.0,<2.5.14 | 2.5.14 |
| Maven | org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all | >=3.0.0,<3.0.7 | 3.0.7 |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202103-14
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-17521.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-17521
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17521
- https://github.com/apache/groovy/pull/1425
- https://github.com/apache/groovy/commit/bcbe5c4c76db83736166530647c024ac1e47ef28
- https://github.com/apache/groovy
- https://groovy-lang.org/security.html#CVE-2020-17521
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4b2f13c302eec98838ff7475253091fb9b75bc1038016ba00ebf6c08@%3Cdev.atlas.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra9dab34bf8625511f23692ad0fcee2725f782e9aad6c5cdff6cf4465@%3Cnotifications.groovy.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rea63a4666ba245d2892471307772a2d8ce0f0741f341d6576625c1b3@%3Cdev.atlas.apache.org%3E
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201218-0006
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.