Amazon Linux 2023 : jackson-core (ALAS2023-2023-248)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 178519

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-248 advisory.

- ** DISPUTED ** An issue was discovered jackson-databind thru 2.15.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impacts via crafted object that uses cyclic dependencies. NOTE: the vendor's perspective is that the product is not intended for use with untrusted input. (CVE-2023-35116)

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

Solution

Run 'dnf update jackson-core --releasever 2023.1.20230719' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 178519

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2023-248.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 7/20/2023

Updated: 7/20/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.8

Temporal Score: 2.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-35116

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jackson-core, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-35116

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