CVE-2018-8088

Publication date 20 March 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

org.slf4j.ext.EventData in the slf4j-ext module in QOS.CH SLF4J before 1.8.0-beta2 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via crafted data. EventData in the slf4j-ext module in QOS.CH SLF4J, has been fixed in SLF4J versions 1.7.26 later and in the 2.0.x series.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libslf4j-java	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Notes

leosilva

fix provided by upstream seems not to fix, instead use fix provide by Fedora. class was removed in bionic

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libslf4j-java	Other: https://src.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/slf4j.git/diff/0001-Disallow-EventData-deserialization-by-default.patch?id=d7cd96bc7a8e8d8d62c8bc62baa7df02cef56c63

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H