CVE-2023-5072 (High) detected in json-20160810.jar

[mend-bolt-for-github[bot]]

CVE-2023-5072 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - json-20160810.jar

JSON is a light-weight, language independent, data interchange format. See http://www.JSON.org/ The files in this package implement JSON encoders/decoders in Java. It also includes the capability to convert between JSON and XML, HTTP headers, Cookies, and CDL. This is a reference implementation. There is a large number of JSON packages in Java. Perhaps someday the Java community will standardize on one. Until then, choose carefully. The license includes this restriction: "The software shall be used for good, not evil." If your conscience cannot live with that, then choose a different package.

Library home page: https://github.com/douglascrockford/JSON-java

Path to dependency file: /jetty-gcloud/jetty-gcloud-session-manager/pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/org/json/json/20160810/json-20160810.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/org/json/json/20160810/json-20160810.jar

Dependency Hierarchy: - google-cloud-datastore-1.0.0.jar (Root Library) - google-cloud-core-1.0.0.jar - :x: **json-20160810.jar** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: e4f77a76743d4b8fa6fe69cb1085577284ceb3e1

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

Denial of Service in JSON-Java versions up to and including 20230618.  A bug in the parser means that an input string of modest size can lead to indefinite amounts of memory being used. 

Publish Date: 2023-10-12

URL: CVE-2023-5072

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-rm7j-f5g5-27vv

Release Date: 2023-10-12

Fix Resolution (org.json:json): 20231013

Direct dependency fix Resolution (com.google.cloud:google-cloud-datastore): 1.13.0

---

Step up your Open Source Security Game with Mend here

[mend-bolt-for-github[bot]]

:heavy_check_mark: This issue was automatically closed by Mend because the vulnerable library in the specific branch(es) was either marked as ignored or it is no longer part of the Mend inventory.

[mend-bolt-for-github[bot]]

:information_source: This issue was automatically re-opened by Mend because the vulnerable library in the specific branch(es) has been detected in the Mend inventory.