WS-2021-0419 (High) detected in gson-2.7.jar

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WS-2021-0419 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - gson-2.7.jar

Gson JSON library

Library home page: https://github.com/google/gson

Path to dependency file: /test/fixtures/testdata/java/example_cc/build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.google.code.gson/gson/2.7/751f548c85fa49f330cecbb1875893f971b33c4e/gson-2.7.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.google.code.gson/gson/2.7/751f548c85fa49f330cecbb1875893f971b33c4e/gson-2.7.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.google.code.gson/gson/2.7/751f548c85fa49f330cecbb1875893f971b33c4e/gson-2.7.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.google.code.gson/gson/2.7/751f548c85fa49f330cecbb1875893f971b33c4e/gson-2.7.jar

Dependency Hierarchy: - fabric-chaincode-shim-1.4.8.jar (Root Library) - fabric-chaincode-protos-1.4.8.jar - grpc-netty-1.23.0.jar - grpc-core-1.23.0.jar - :x: **gson-2.7.jar** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 432a85aa9d4094d52823bdb4be9cf19758df85e1

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerability Details

Denial of Service vulnerability was discovered in gson before 2.8.9 via the writeReplace() method.

Publish Date: 2021-10-11

URL: WS-2021-0419

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.7)

Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: High - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: Low - Integrity Impact: High - Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Release Date: 2021-10-11

Fix Resolution (com.google.code.gson:gson): 2.8.9

Direct dependency fix Resolution (org.hyperledger.fabric-chaincode-java:fabric-chaincode-shim): 2.5.0

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