Deserialization of untrusted data in Red Hat Virtualization - CVE-2017-7525

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Deserialization of untrusted data in Red Hat Virtualization - CVE-2017-7525

Published: November 8, 2017 / Updated: November 30, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9128
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-2017-7525
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

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

The weakness exists due to a deserialization flaw in the jackson-databind component. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted input to the readValue method of the ObjectMapper and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the target service.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

Affected software

Red Hat Virtualization
Debian Linux
Ubuntu
Fedora
z/Transaction Processing Facility ( z/TPF)
QRadar User Behavior Analytics
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)
Apache Struts
Cloudera Observability with IBM
Dell Support Assist Enterprise
StreamSets Data Collector
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
Red Hat Virtualization Host
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
Fuse
JBoss Data Grid
IBM Cognos Command Center
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server
IBM Cognos Analytics
libjackson-json-java (Ubuntu package)
rh-eclipse46-jackson-databind (Red Hat package)
jackson-databind
rh-eclipse47-jackson-databind (Red Hat package)
eap7-jboss-ec2-eap (Red Hat package)
watsonx.data

How to mitigate CVE-2017-7525

Install update from vendor's website.

Cloudera Observability with IBM - update to 3.6.2
Dell Support Assist Enterprise - update to 4.00.06.00
Fuse - addressed in versions 7.3.0, 7.5.0
IBM Cognos Command Center - update to 10.2.4 Fix Pack 1 IF15
IBM Cognos Analytics - update to 11.0.13
libjackson-json-java (Ubuntu package) - update to 1.9.2-7ubuntu0.2
watsonx.data - addressed in versions 2.0.2, 2.0.3
rh-eclipse46-jackson-databind (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.6.3-2.3.el7, 2.6.3-2.4.el7, 2.6.3-2.6.el7
jackson-databind - addressed in versions 2.6.3-3.fc24, 2.7.6-3.fc25, 2.7.6-3.fc26, 2.7.6-5.fc26, 2.7.6-5.fc27, 2.7.6-8.fc26, 2.7.6-8.fc27, 2.9.4-3.fc28
rh-eclipse47-jackson-databind (Red Hat package) - update to 2.7.6-3.3.el7
QRadar User Behavior Analytics - update to 4.1.12
StreamSets Data Collector - update to 7.0.0
eap7-jboss-ec2-eap (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 7.1.1-3.1.GA_redhat_3.ep7.el6, 7.1.1-3.1.GA_redhat_3.ep7.el7
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM) - update to 8.1.4.0.14

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