WS-2018-0124 (Medium) detected in jackson-core-2.8.5.jar

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WS-2018-0124 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - jackson-core-2.8.5.jar

Core Jackson abstractions, basic JSON streaming API implementation

Library home page: http://fasterxml.com/

Path to dependency file: /jobs/pacman-rule-engine-2.0/pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /jobs/pacman-rule-engine-2.0/pom.xml

Dependency Hierarchy: - :x: **jackson-core-2.8.5.jar** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: acf9a0620c1a37cee4f2896d71e1c3731c5c7b06

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

In Jackson Core before version 2.8.6 if the REST endpoint consumes POST requests with JSON or XML data and data are invalid, the first unrecognized token is printed to server.log. If the first token is word of length 10MB, the whole word is printed. This is potentially dangerous and can be used to attack the server by filling the disk with logs.

Publish Date: 2018-06-24

URL: WS-2018-0124

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

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: Low

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=WS-2018-0124

Release Date: 2018-01-24

Fix Resolution: 2.8.6

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