Debian DLA-2406-1 : jackson-databind security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 141463

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that there was an external entity expansion vulnerability in jackson-databind, a Java library for processing JSON.

For Debian 9 'Stretch', this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.6-1+deb9u8.

We recommend that you upgrade your jackson-databind packages.

For the detailed security status of jackson-databind please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/jackson-databind

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 141463

File Name: debian_DLA-2406.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/15/2020

Updated: 2/15/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous 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:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25649

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:N/I:H/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:9.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/14/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-25649

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