CVE-2023-1436 (High) detected in jettison-1.4.0.jar

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CVE-2023-1436 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - jettison-1.4.0.jar

A StAX implementation for JSON.

Library home page: https://github.com/jettison-json/jettison

Dependency Hierarchy: - spring-cloud-netflix-eureka-server-2.2.7.RELEASE.jar (Root Library) - eureka-client-1.10.17.jar - :x: **jettison-1.4.0.jar** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 2cda59cc9ba15234ad74bb5750717c564aad3b18

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

An infinite recursion is triggered in Jettison when constructing a JSONArray from a Collection that contains a self-reference in one of its elements. This leads to a StackOverflowError exception being thrown.

Publish Date: 2023-03-22

URL: CVE-2023-1436

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://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q6g2-g7f3-rr83

Release Date: 2023-03-22

Fix Resolution: org.codehaus.jettison:jettison:1.5.4

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