WS-2021-0616 (Medium) detected in jackson-core-2.11.3.jar

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WS-2021-0616 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - jackson-core-2.11.3.jar

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

Library home page: https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core

Path to dependency file: /build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-core/2.11.3/c2351800432bdbdd8284c3f5a7f0782a352aa84a/jackson-core-2.11.3.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• google-api-client-1.31.1.jar (Root Library)
  • google-http-client-jackson2-1.38.0.jar
    • ❌ jackson-core-2.11.3.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 (5.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Local
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • 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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