USN-5365-1: H2 vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 21.10
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Packages

• h2database - H2 Database Engine

Details

It was discovered that H2 was vulnerable to deserialization of
untrusted data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-42392)

It was discovered that H2 incorrectly handled some specially
crafted connection URLs. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-23221)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 21.10

• libh2-java - 1.4.197-4+deb10u1build0.21.10.1

Ubuntu 20.04

• libh2-java - 1.4.197-4+deb10u1build0.20.04.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2021-42392
• CVE-2022-23221