CVE-2020-28491 (High) detected in jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.11.3.jar - autoclosed

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CVE-2020-28491 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.11.3.jar

Support for reading and writing Concise Binary Object Representation ([CBOR](https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7049) encoded data using Jackson abstractions (streaming API, data binding, tree model)

Library home page: http://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-dataformats-binary

Path to dependency file: www.renfei.net/pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/jackson-dataformat-cbor/2.11.3/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.11.3.jar

Dependency Hierarchy: - spring-boot-starter-data-elasticsearch-2.4.1.jar (Root Library) - spring-data-elasticsearch-4.1.2.jar - elasticsearch-rest-high-level-client-7.9.3.jar - elasticsearch-7.9.3.jar - elasticsearch-x-content-7.9.3.jar - :x: **jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.11.3.jar** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 7f91755fe8690326e829e8e0b44dd90f59c4dfe4

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

This affects the package com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-cbor from 0 and before 2.11.4, from 2.12.0-rc1 and before 2.12.1. Unchecked allocation of byte buffer can cause a java.lang.OutOfMemoryError exception.

Publish Date: 2021-02-18

URL: CVE-2020-28491

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-2020-28491

Release Date: 2021-02-18

Fix Resolution: com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-cbor:2.11.4, com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-cbor:2.12.1

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