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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS : HSQLDB vulnerability (USN-8735-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 344623

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-8735-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that HSQLDB incorrectly handled specially crafted database files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected libhsqldb1.8.0-java package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8735-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 344623

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8735-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/10/2026

Updated: 9/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-1183

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pro:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libhsqldb1.8.0-java

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-1183

USN: 8735-1