Improper Input Validation Affecting com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310 package, versions [,2.9.8)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.52% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-COMFASTERXMLJACKSONDATATYPE-173759
  • published 20 Dec 2018
  • disclosed 20 Dec 2018
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310 to version 2.9.8 or higher.

Overview

com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310 is a datatype module to make Jackson recognize Java 8 Date & Time API data types (JSR-310).

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation that can cause a Denial of Service (DoS). It appear to be exploitable via the victim deserializes malicious input, specifically very large values in the nanoseconds field of a time value.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

6.5 medium