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kniper2185
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Sep 03, 2024

Unpatched known vulnerabilities SQL Server 2019 GDR

We are running an installation of SQL Server 2019 GDR (version 15.0.2116.2) and I see we have these vulnerable commons-collections-3.2.1.jar-files present in the following 2 locations:

  • C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\150\DTS\Extensions\Common\Jars
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\150\DTS\Extensions\Common\Jars

The following CVE's need to be mitigated:

CVE-2015-6420

CVE-2017-15708

How can we address this? We have installed the latest security update KB5040986

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      kniper2185
      Copper Contributor
      So I already did install the latest GDR-update KB5040986 from July 9, 2024.

      Why would installing KB5039747 make a difference for this particular security issue?
      I understand that GDR-updates should contain all security related fixes. Where can I find that installing this patch will resolve this?
      Also the CVE's I mentioned are very old already, which make me doubt this:
      CVE-2015-6420 ---> published 2015-12-15
      CVE-2017-15708 --> published 2017-12-11

      I'm asking this, because I don't want to take any risks with this SQL Server installation since it's being used for quite an old application at the time and the software is being maintained by a software supplier who, given our experience with them, aren't going to resolve potential issues quickly.

      My goal is to merely resolve these vulnerabilities without taking too much risks.
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        kniper2185
        Copper Contributor

        So I took the effort to install this SQL Server 2019 in a test VM-environment and I did apply KB5039747 (version 15.0.4385.2) and indeed the commons-collections-3.2.1.jar is updated to commons-collections-3.2.2.jar

        The date of this file is the 25th of July 2024, so pretty recent. Can I assume this fix will be applied in the next DDR-release through Windows Update?

         

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