Debian DLA-1798-1 : jackson-databind security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 125317

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

A Polymorphic Typing issue was discovered in jackson-databind, a JSON library for Java. When Default Typing is enabled (either globally or for a specific property) for an externally exposed JSON endpoint, the service has the mysql-connector-java jar (8.0.14 or earlier) in the classpath, and an attacker can host a crafted MySQL server reachable by the victim, an attacker can send a crafted JSON message that allows them to read arbitrary local files on the server. This occurs because of missing com.mysql.cj.jdbc.admin.MiniAdmin validation.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.2-2+deb8u6.

We recommend that you upgrade your jackson-databind packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00030.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/jackson-databind

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 125317

File Name: debian_DLA-1798.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/22/2019

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjackson2-databind-java, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjackson2-databind-java-doc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/21/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/17/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12086