Block more serialization gadgets (dbcp/tomcat, spring / CVE-2017-17485)

[cowtowncoder]

More potential deserialization gadgets reported for:

• DBCP types (similar to c3p0 ones already included)
• Spring framework AOP helpers
• Spring framework application context

For some of these need to check parent hierarchy.

Fixed in:

• 2.9.4
• 2.8.11
• 2.7.9.2
• 2.6.7.3
• Not applicable to 2.10.0 or later

[cowtowncoder]

I think this covers to-be-released CVE-2017-17485.

[adioss]

Hello,
Could you provide a list of affected version? In the CVE declaration https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17485, the "Vulnerable software and versions" part is omitted so it's not clear (I don't know if it's normal?). All versions before 2.8.10 and/or before 2.9.1?
Thanks a lot!

[bekwam]

The NIST page now lists "through 2.9.3" which is the latest version in Maven.

[cowtowncoder]

Fix is in 2.8.11 (already out) and will be in 2.9.4 due to be released soon, during January (blocked by unrelated changes we want to get in).

@bekwam One complication here is that we keep 2 or 3 open branches, typically, so ordering is not linear across patches from different minor version branches. Hence 2.8.11 has some later fixes than 2.9.3.

[cowtowncoder]

Apparently this is related to CVE-2017-17485, will resolve it.

[yousifS]

Does 2.7.9.2 also fix this issue? If so https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17485 still flags that version as affected.

[cowtowncoder]

@yousifS I don't know. Probably not -- time to get out of 2.7 branch as it is not open any more.

[cowtowncoder]

@yousifS Actually looking at this again... fix is indeed included in 2.7.9.2, which was released 20-Dec-2017. This as per release notes.

[yousifS]

@cowtowncoder I thought so, but did not want to assume. http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17485, is still incorrect then. Thanks again for looking into it.

[cowtowncoder]

@yousifS FWIW, there is also now 2.7.9.3. Released because of one NPE related to blacklist checking, included in 2.7.9.2.

[cowtowncoder]

For further info: https://medium.com/@cowtowncoder/on-jackson-cves-dont-panic-here-is-what-you-need-to-know-54cd0d6e8062