Denial of service in FasterXML jackson-databind



Published: 2018-12-20 | Updated: 2019-09-16
Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2018-1000873
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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jackson-databind
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor FasterXML

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU16786

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000873

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can trick the victim into deserializing of crafted input with specifically very large values in the nanoseconds field of a time value and cause the service to crash.

Mitigation

Update to version 2.9.8.

Vulnerable software versions

jackson-databind: 2.1.0 - 2.9.7

External links

http://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-modules-java8/issues/90
http://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-modules-java8/pull/87


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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