Deserialization of Untrusted Data in jackson-databind - CVE-2020-9546

 

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in jackson-databind - CVE-2020-9546

Published: March 9, 2020 / Updated: April 12, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU25830
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-9546
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data between serialization gadgets and typing. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Note: This vulnerability is related to:

  • org.apache.hadoop.shaded.com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig (aka shaded hikari-config)

Affected software

jackson-databind
z/Transaction Processing Facility ( z/TPF)
Log Analysis
IBM Process Mining
Oracle Financial Services Institutional Performance Analytics
Oracle Financial Services Price Creation and Discovery
Oracle Global Lifecycle Management OPatch
Enterprise Manager Base Platform
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)
IBM Security Verify Governance
Oracle Banking Platform
Cloudera Observability with IBM
Dell Support Assist Enterprise
Oracle Communications Network Charging and Control
Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure
Oracle Retail Service Backbone
Integration Designer
DB2 Warehouse on Cloud Pak for Data
DB2 on Cloud Pak for Data
Storage Virtualize
IBM Sterling Order Management
Red Hat Process Automation Manager (formerly JBoss BPM Suite)
Oracle Communications Evolved Communications Application Server
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
Oracle WebLogic Server
Oracle Communications Contacts Server
Oracle Communications Instant Messaging Server
Oracle Financial Services Retail Customer Analytics
Oracle Retail Sales Audit
Oracle Insurance Policy Administration
Oracle Retail Merchandising System
Primavera Unifier
IBM Disconnected Log Collector
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools
eap7-jettison (Red Hat package)
eap7-velocity (Red Hat package)
eap7-snakeyaml (Red Hat package)
eap7-jackson-databind (Red Hat package)
eap7-resteasy (Red Hat package)
eap7-apache-cxf (Red Hat package)
eap7-netty (Red Hat package)
eap7-wildfly (Red Hat package)
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Orchestrator

How to mitigate CVE-2020-9546

Install updates from vendor's website.

jackson-databind - addressed in versions 2.7.9.7, 2.8.11.6, 2.9.10.4
Log Analysis - addressed in versions 1.3.7.2 IF001, 1.3.7.2 IF002, 1.3.7.2 IF003
IBM Process Mining - update to 1.12.0.4
Cloudera Observability with IBM - update to 3.6.2
Dell Support Assist Enterprise - update to 4.00.06.00
Red Hat Process Automation Manager (formerly JBoss BPM Suite) - update to 7.8.0
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform - update to 7.1.9
Oracle Global Lifecycle Management OPatch - update to 12.2.0.1.20
eap7-jettison (Red Hat package) - update to 1.3.8-2.redhat_00002.1.ep7.el7
eap7-velocity (Red Hat package) - update to 1.7.0-3.redhat_00006.1.ep7.el7
IBM Disconnected Log Collector - update to 1.8.3
eap7-snakeyaml (Red Hat package) - update to 1.33.0-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7
eap7-jackson-databind (Red Hat package) - update to 2.8.11.6-2.SP1_redhat_00002.1.ep7.el7
eap7-resteasy (Red Hat package) - update to 3.0.27-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7
eap7-apache-cxf (Red Hat package) - update to 3.1.16-4.redhat_00003.1.ep7.el7
eap7-netty (Red Hat package) - update to 4.1.63-1.Final_redhat_00002.1.ep7.el7
DB2 Warehouse on Cloud Pak for Data - update to 4.8.5
DB2 on Cloud Pak for Data - update to 4.8.5
eap7-wildfly (Red Hat package) - update to 7.1.9-2.GA_redhat_00002.1.ep7.el7
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM) - update to 8.1.4.0.14
Storage Virtualize - addressed in versions 8.6.3.0, 8.7.0.0
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Orchestrator - update to 9.2.4.2
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools - update to 9.2.4.2
IBM Security Verify Governance - update to 10.0.1.0.4
IBM Sterling Order Management - update to 10.0.2309.0

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