Debian DSA-4114-1 : jackson-databind - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 106853

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that jackson-databind, a Java library used to parse JSON and other data formats, did not properly validate user input before attempting deserialization. This allowed an attacker to perform code execution by providing maliciously crafted input.

Solution

Upgrade the jackson-databind packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 2.4.2-2+deb8u3.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.8.6-1+deb9u3.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=888316

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=888318

http://www.nessus.org/u?61134ddf

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

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4114

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 106853

File Name: debian_DSA-4114.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/16/2018

Updated: 11/13/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:jackson-databind, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/15/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-17485, CVE-2018-5968

DSA: 4114