Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-6834-1

USN-6834-1: H2 vulnerabilities

Publication date

13 June 2024

Overview

H2 could be made to allow arbitrary code execution.

Releases

18.04 LTS 16.04 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)

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

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release	Package Version
18.04 bionic	libh2-java – 1.4.196-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
16.04 xenial	libh2-java – 1.4.191-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

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References

USN-5365-1

USN-5365-1