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

Library home page: http://fasterxml.com/

Path to dependency file: /build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /tmp/containerbase/cache/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-core/2.13.0/e957ec5442966e69cef543927bdc80e5426968bb/jackson-core-2.13.0.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• logstash-logback-encoder-7.0.1.jar (Root Library)
  • jackson-databind-2.13.0.jar
    • ❌ 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://fasterxml.com/

Path to dependency file: /build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /tmp/containerbase/cache/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-databind/2.13.0/889672a1721d6d85b2834fcd29d3fda92c8c8891/jackson-databind-2.13.0.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• logstash-logback-encoder-7.0.1.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ jackson-databind-2.13.0.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: master

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

Release Date: 2021-11-20

Fix Resolution (com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core): 2.13.1

Direct dependency fix Resolution (net.logstash.logback:logstash-logback-encoder): 7.1

Fix Resolution (com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind): 2.13.1

Direct dependency fix Resolution (net.logstash.logback:logstash-logback-encoder): 7.1

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