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OESA-2023-1924 (CVE-2022-41853)

Vulnerability from osv_openeuler – Published: 2023-12-15 11:06 – Updated: 2026-08-06 11:06 – Source website

Summary

hsqldb security update

Details

HSQLdb is a relational database engine written in JavaTM , with a JDBC driver, supporting a subset of ANSI-92 SQL. It offers a small (about 100k), fast database engine which offers both in memory and disk based tables. Embedded and server modes are available. Additionally, it includes tools such as a minimal web server, in-memory query and management tools (can be run as applets or servlets, too) and a number of demonstration examples. Downloaded code should be regarded as being of production quality. The product is currently being used as a database and persistence engine in many Open Source Software projects and even in commercial projects and products! In it's current version it is extremely stable and reliable. It is best known for its small size, ability to execute completely in memory and its speed. Yet it is a completely functional relational database management system that is completely free under the Modified BSD License. Yes, that's right, completely free of cost or restrictions!

Security Fix(es):

Those using java.sql.Statement or java.sql.PreparedStatement in hsqldb (HyperSQL DataBase) to process untrusted input may be vulnerable to a remote code execution attack. By default it is allowed to call any static method of any Java class in the classpath resulting in code execution. The issue can be prevented by updating to 2.7.1 or by setting the system property "hsqldb.method_class_names" to classes which are allowed to be called. For example, System.setProperty("hsqldb.method_class_names", "abc") or Java argument -Dhsqldb.method_class_names="abc" can be used. From version 2.7.1 all classes by default are not accessible except those in java.lang.Math and need to be manually enabled.(CVE-2022-41853)

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

URL

Type

	https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bull…	ADVISORY
	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41853	ADVISORY

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CVE-2022-41853 (GCVE-0-2022-41853)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-06 17:14 – Updated: 2025-04-21 13:48

Title

Remote code execution in HyperSQL DataBase

Summary

Severity

8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-21 13:37 UTC

CWE

CWE-470 - Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection')

Assigner

Google Google root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detai…
http://hsqldb.org/doc/2.0/guide/sqlroutines-chapt…
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022…	mailing-list
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5313	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
HyperSQL DataBase	hsqldb	Affected: unspecified , < 2.7.1 (custom)

Date Public

2021-07-26 00:00

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