Bug#1024738: apache-jena: CVE-2022-45136

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: apache-jena
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil at debian.org, Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>

Hi Java maintainers,

there is the following vulnerability was published for apache-jena,
but there is only little information available. My undestanding is
that it still affected 3.17.0, but is it resolved in 4.5.0-1 as it is
currently in unstable? [2] at least would indicate it is unpatched
yet.

CVE-2022-45136[0]:
| ** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** Apache Jena SDB 3.17.0 and earlier is
| vulnerable to a JDBC Deserialisation attack if the attacker is able to
| control the JDBC URL used or cause the underlying database server to
| return malicious data. The mySQL JDBC driver in particular is known to
| be vulnerable to this class of attack. As a result an application
| using Apache Jena SDB can be subject to RCE when connected to a
| malicious database server. Apache Jena SDB has been EOL since December
| 2020 and users should migrate to alternative options e.g. Apache Jena
| TDB 2.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-45136
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-45136
[1] https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/14/5
[2] https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g2qw-6vrr-v6pq

Regards,
Salvatore