CVE-2018-14718 (High) detected in jackson-databind-2.8.9.jar

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CVE-2018-14718 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - jackson-databind-2.8.9.jar

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

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

Path to dependency file: /infiniboard/harvester/build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /root/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-databind/2.8.9/4dfca3975be3c1a98eacb829e70f02e9a71bc159/jackson-databind-2.8.9.jar,/root/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-databind/2.8.9/4dfca3975be3c1a98eacb829e70f02e9a71bc159/jackson-databind-2.8.9.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• spring-boot-starter-actuator-1.5.5.RELEASE.jar (Root Library)
  • spring-boot-actuator-1.5.5.RELEASE.jar
    • ❌ jackson-databind-2.8.9.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 743bd280ef9d3a3127ed7f904cd5dddec872618a

Vulnerability Details

FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.7 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging failure to block the slf4j-ext class from polymorphic deserialization.

Publish Date: 2019-01-02

URL: CVE-2018-14718

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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14718

Release Date: 2019-01-02

Fix Resolution: 2.9.7

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