CVE-2024-47554 (Medium) detected in commons-io-2.6.jar

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CVE-2024-47554 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - commons-io-2.6.jar

The Apache Commons IO library contains utility classes, stream implementations, file filters, file comparators, endian transformation classes, and much more.

Library home page: https://www.apache.org/

Path to dependency file: /MavenWorkspace/bis-services-lib/bis-services-base/pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/commons-io/commons-io/2.6/commons-io-2.6.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/commons-io/commons-io/2.6/commons-io-2.6.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ commons-io-2.6.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Apache Commons IO.

The org.apache.commons.io.input.XmlStreamReader class may excessively consume CPU resources when processing maliciously crafted input.

This issue affects Apache Commons IO: from 2.0 before 2.14.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.14.0 or later, which fixes the issue.

Publish Date: 2024-10-03

URL: CVE-2024-47554

CVSS 3 Score Details (4.3)

Base Score Metrics:

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

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://lists.apache.org/thread/6ozr91rr9cj5lm0zyhv30bsp317hk5z1

Release Date: 2024-10-03

Fix Resolution: 2.14.0

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