WS-2021-0616 (Medium) detected in jackson-core-2.13.0.jar, jackson-databind-2.13.0.jar

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WS-2021-0616 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Libraries - jackson-core-2.13.0.jar, jackson-databind-2.13.0.jar

jackson-core-2.13.0.jar

Core Jackson processing abstractions (aka Streaming API), implementation for JSON

Path to dependency file: /pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/jackson-core/2.13.0/jackson-core-2.13.0.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• jackson-databind-2.13.0.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ jackson-core-2.13.0.jar (Vulnerable Library)

jackson-databind-2.13.0.jar

General data-binding functionality for Jackson: works on core streaming API

Library home page: http://github.com/FasterXML/jackson

Path to dependency file: /pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /.m2/repository/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/jackson-databind/2.13.0/jackson-databind-2.13.0.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ jackson-databind-2.13.0.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 4f02dd185ed9b6e4b4719396fca938f2f7d6cacf

Vulnerability Details

FasterXML jackson-databind before 2.12.6 and 2.13.1 there is DoS when using JDK serialization to serialize JsonNode.

Publish Date: 2021-11-20

URL: WS-2021-0616

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.9)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: High
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: FasterXML/jackson-databind#3328

Release Date: 2021-11-20

Fix Resolution: com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.12.6, 2.13.1; com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.12.6, 2.13.1

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