CVE-2022-25857 (High) detected in snakeyaml-1.25.jar

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CVE-2022-25857 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - snakeyaml-1.25.jar

YAML 1.1 parser and emitter for Java

Library home page: http://www.snakeyaml.org

Path to dependency file: /tmp/ws-scm/bank/build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /tmp/ws-ua/downloadResource_4183e38a-7e82-4c0c-ab3b-8bcc4d84ae0c/20200207200220/snakeyaml-1.25.jar,/tmp/ws-ua/downloadResource_4183e38a-7e82-4c0c-ab3b-8bcc4d84ae0c/20200207200220/snakeyaml-1.25.jar,/tmp/ws-ua/downloadResource_fee325a8-0e00-4f1f-8102-d72b61fe8973/20200208203826/snakeyaml-1.25.jar,/tmp/ws-ua/downloadResource_fee325a8-0e00-4f1f-8102-d72b61fe8973/20200208203826/snakeyaml-1.25.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• spring-boot-starter-data-jpa-2.2.4.RELEASE.jar (Root Library)
  • spring-boot-starter-aop-2.2.4.RELEASE.jar
    • spring-boot-starter-2.2.4.RELEASE.jar
      • ❌ snakeyaml-1.25.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

The package org.yaml:snakeyaml from 0 and before 1.31 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due missing to nested depth limitation for collections.

Publish Date: 2022-08-30

URL: CVE-2022-25857

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

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-25857

Release Date: 2022-08-30

Fix Resolution (org.yaml:snakeyaml): 1.31

Direct dependency fix Resolution (org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa): 3.0.0

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