CVE-2020-8840 (High) detected in jackson-databind-2.9.6.jar, jackson-databind-2.8.11.3.jar

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CVE-2020-8840 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Libraries - jackson-databind-2.9.6.jar, jackson-databind-2.8.11.3.jar

jackson-databind-2.9.6.jar

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

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

Path to dependency file: superglue/cli/build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /root/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-databind/2.9.6/cfa4f316351a91bfd95cb0644c6a2c95f52db1fc/jackson-databind-2.9.6.jar,/root/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-databind/2.9.6/cfa4f316351a91bfd95cb0644c6a2c95f52db1fc/jackson-databind-2.9.6.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• logstash-logback-encoder-4.11.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ jackson-databind-2.9.6.jar (Vulnerable Library)

jackson-databind-2.8.11.3.jar

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

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

Path to dependency file: superglue/api/build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /root/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-databind/2.8.11.3/844df5aba5a1a56e00905b165b12bb34116ee858/jackson-databind-2.8.11.3.jar,/root/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-databind/2.8.11.3/844df5aba5a1a56e00905b165b12bb34116ee858/jackson-databind-2.8.11.3.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• logstash-logback-encoder-4.11.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ jackson-databind-2.8.11.3.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 7a708af56446441da5694d317b0cc0de8ad0141b

Vulnerability Details

FasterXML jackson-databind 2.0.0 through 2.9.10.2 lacks certain xbean-reflect/JNDI blocking, as demonstrated by org.apache.xbean.propertyeditor.JndiConverter.

Publish Date: 2020-02-10

URL: CVE-2020-8840

CVSS 3 Score Details (9.8)

Base Score Metrics:

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

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: FasterXML/jackson-databind#2620

Release Date: 2020-02-10

Fix Resolution: com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.9.10.3