WS-2018-0124 (Medium) detected in jackson-core-2.7.1.jar

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WS-2018-0124 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - jackson-core-2.7.1.jar

Core Jackson abstractions, basic JSON streaming API implementation

Library home page: https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core

Path to vulnerable library: /root/.ivy2/cache/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-core/bundles/jackson-core-2.7.1.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• play-logback_2.11-2.5.4.jar (Root Library)
  • play_2.11-2.5.4.jar
    • ❌ jackson-core-2.7.1.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Vulnerability Details

In Jackson Core before version 2.8.6 if the REST endpoint consumes POST requests with JSON or XML data and data are invalid, the first unrecognized token is printed to server.log. If the first token is word of length 10MB, the whole word is printed. This is potentially dangerous and can be used to attack the server by filling the disk with logs.

Publish Date: 2018-06-24

URL: WS-2018-0124

CVSS 2 Score Details (5.5)

Base Score Metrics not available

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBEAP-6316

Release Date: 2018-01-24

Fix Resolution: 2.8.6

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