UBUNTU-CVE-2021-28170

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-28170
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-28170.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-28170
Upstream
Published
2021-05-26T22:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:47:03Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

In the Jakarta Expression Language implementation 3.0.3 and earlier, a bug in the ELParserTokenManager enables invalid EL expressions to be evaluated as if they were valid.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / jakarta-el-api

Package

Name
jakarta-el-api
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/jakarta-el-api@4.0.0-2?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.0.0-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.0-2",
            "binary_name": "libjakarta-el-api-java"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / jakarta-el-api

Package

Name
jakarta-el-api
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/jakarta-el-api@5.0.1-1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*

5.0.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.1-1",
            "binary_name": "libjakarta-el-api-java"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.04 / jakarta-el-api

Package

Name
jakarta-el-api
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/jakarta-el-api@5.0.1-1?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*

5.0.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.1-1",
            "binary_name": "libjakarta-el-api-java"
        }
    ]
}