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Fedora 32 : jackson-databind (2021-1d8254899c)

high Nessus Plugin ID 146373

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 32 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2021-1d8254899c advisory.

 - A flaw was found in FasterXML Jackson Databind, where it did not have entity expansion secured properly.
 This flaw allows vulnerability to XML external entity (XXE) attacks. The highest threat from this vulnerability is data integrity. (CVE-2020-25649)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected jackson-databind package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-1d8254899c

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 146373

File Name: fedora_2021-1d8254899c.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/10/2021

Updated: 12/5/2022

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:32, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:jackson-databind

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/1/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/28/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-25649