Improper Input Validation Affecting org.eclipse.parsson:parsson package, versions [,1.0.5) [1.1.0,1.1.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.05% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGECLIPSEPARSSON-6044728
  • published 3 Nov 2023
  • disclosed 3 Nov 2023
  • credit Thomas Neidhart

How to fix?

Upgrade org.eclipse.parsson:parsson to version 1.0.5, 1.1.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation when parsing JSON files from untrusted sources. An attacker can exploit the built-in support for parsing numbers with large scale where the input text of a number can lead to much larger processing time than expected.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
5.9 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • 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

7.5 high
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Red Hat

7.5 high