CVE-2019-14540 (Critical) detected in jackson-databind-2.9.8.jar

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CVE-2019-14540 - Critical Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - jackson-databind-2.9.8.jar

General data-binding functionality for Jackson: works on core streaming API

Library home page: http://github.com/FasterXML/jackson

Path to dependency file: /build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-databind/2.9.8/11283f21cc480aa86c4df7a0a3243ec508372ed2/jackson-databind-2.9.8.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• jersey-media-json-jackson-2.27.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ jackson-databind-2.9.8.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: b23ac4a35a28378635d7eef881077d376557bfc5

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

A Polymorphic Typing issue was discovered in FasterXML jackson-databind before 2.9.10. It is related to com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig.

Publish Date: 2019-09-15

URL: CVE-2019-14540

CVSS 3 Score Details (9.8)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: High
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14540

Release Date: 2019-09-15

Fix Resolution (com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind): 2.9.10.2

Direct dependency fix Resolution (org.glassfish.jersey.media:jersey-media-json-jackson): 2.30.1

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