CVE-2020-36518 (High, reachable) detected in jackson-databind-2.8.4.jar

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CVE-2020-36518 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - jackson-databind-2.8.4.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: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/jackson-databind/2.8.4/jackson-databind-2.8.4.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• spring-rabbit-1.7.1.RELEASE.jar (Root Library)
  • http-client-1.1.1.RELEASE.jar
    • ❌ jackson-databind-2.8.4.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 2c2c9f752b1dec579a12ba0bcc3d8dab738d7cff

Found in base branch: vp-rem

Reachability Analysis

This vulnerability is potentially reachable

com.visualpathit.account.validator.UserValidator (Application)
  -> org.springframework.messaging.simp.config.AbstractMessageBrokerConfiguration$1 (Extension)
   -> org.springframework.messaging.simp.config.AbstractMessageBrokerConfiguration (Extension)
    -> com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper (Extension)
    ...
      -> com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BasicDeserializerFactory (Extension)
       -> com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.UntypedObjectDeserializer (Extension)
        -> ❌ com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.UntypedObjectDeserializer$Vanilla (Vulnerable Component)

Vulnerability Details

jackson-databind before 2.13.0 allows a Java StackOverflow exception and denial of service via a large depth of nested objects.
Mend Note: After conducting further research, Mend has determined that all versions of com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind up to version 2.13.2 are vulnerable to CVE-2020-36518.

Publish Date: 2022-03-11

URL: CVE-2020-36518

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • 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: 2022-03-11

Fix Resolution (com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind): 2.12.6.1

Direct dependency fix Resolution (org.springframework.amqp:spring-rabbit): 2.1.0.RELEASE

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