Deserialization of Untrusted Data in jackson-databind - CVE-2021-20190

 

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in jackson-databind - CVE-2021-20190

Published: January 19, 2021 / Updated: January 25, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU49967
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-2021-20190
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. 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.


Affected software

jackson-databind
ClevOS
openEuler
z/Transaction Processing Facility ( z/TPF)
Log Analysis
IBM Process Mining
OpenShift Logging
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)
IBM Security Verify Governance
Cloudera Observability with IBM
Integration Designer
DB2 on Cloud Pak for Data
DB2 Warehouse on Cloud Pak for Data
Storage Virtualize
IBM Sterling Order Management
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
IBM Disconnected Log Collector
IBM Security Guardium
Oracle Commerce Guided Search
watsonx.data
jackson-databind-javadoc
jackson-databind
Vue PACS

How to mitigate CVE-2021-20190

Install updates from vendor's website.

jackson-databind - update to 2.9.10.7
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
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - update to 4.6.26
OpenShift Logging - update to 5.0.3
IBM Disconnected Log Collector - update to 1.8.3
watsonx.data - update to 2.0.2
jackson-databind-javadoc - update to 2.9.8-7
jackson-databind - update to 2.9.8-7
DB2 on Cloud Pak for Data - update to 4.8.5
DB2 Warehouse on Cloud Pak for Data - update to 4.8.5
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
IBM Security Verify Governance - update to 10.0.1.0.4
IBM Sterling Order Management - update to 10.0.2309.0
Vue PACS - update to 12.2.8.410

External References

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