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title: "CVE-2014-0792\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0792?format=md
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# CVE-2014-0792

Publication date 17 January 2014

Last updated 1 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Sonatype Nexus 1.x and 2.x before 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to create
arbitrary objects and execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors
related to unmarshalling of unintended Object types.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0792?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| maven-indexer | 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Ignored |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Ignored end of life |
| 17.04 zesty | Ignored end of life |
| 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [ebarretto](https://launchpad.net/~ebarretto)

NOT-FOR-US: Sonatype Nexus

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0792)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0792)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-0792)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0792)

### Other references

* <https://support.sonatype.com/entries/37828023-Nexus-Security-Vulnerability>
* <http://www.sonatype.org/advisories/archive/2014-01-13-Nexus>
* <https://sonatype.zendesk.com/entries/37551958-Configuring-Xstream-Whitelist>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0792>
