SB2018021605 - Debian update for jackson-databind
Published: February 16, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018021605
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Deserialization of untrusted data (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17485)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.The weakness exists in the FasterXML jackson-databind library due to improper validation of user-input handled by the readValue method of the ObjectMapper object. A remote attacker can send malicious input to the vulnerable method of a web application that uses the Spring library in the application's classpath and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
2) Deserialization of untrusted data (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5968)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.The weakness exists due to deserialization flaw. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted input, execute arbitrary code and bypass a blacklist on the target system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.