CVE-2019-16943 (High) detected in jackson-databind-2.9.9.3.jar

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CVE-2019-16943 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - jackson-databind-2.9.9.3.jar

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

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

Path to dependency file: /build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /root/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-databind/2.9.9.3/68ddd453458765757fd3ffca9437f9a42d91003e/jackson-databind-2.9.9.3.jar,/root/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-databind/2.9.9.3/68ddd453458765757fd3ffca9437f9a42d91003e/jackson-databind-2.9.9.3.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• spring-boot-starter-web-2.1.9.RELEASE.jar (Root Library)
  • spring-boot-starter-json-2.1.9.RELEASE.jar
    • ❌ jackson-databind-2.9.9.3.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 5661c5165fa5911175796f458bfc71c615c78ba2

Vulnerability Details

A Polymorphic Typing issue was discovered in FasterXML jackson-databind 2.0.0 through 2.9.10. When Default Typing is enabled (either globally or for a specific property) for an externally exposed JSON endpoint and the service has the p6spy (3.8.6) jar in the classpath, and an attacker can find an RMI service endpoint to access, it is possible to make the service execute a malicious payload. This issue exists because of com.p6spy.engine.spy.P6DataSource mishandling.

Publish Date: 2019-10-01

URL: CVE-2019-16943

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: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16943

Release Date: 2019-10-01

Fix Resolution (com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind): 2.9.10.1

Direct dependency fix Resolution (org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web): 2.2.0.RELEASE

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