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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Jackson Databind vulnerabilities (USN-4813-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 183541

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4813-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Jackson Databind incorrectly handled deserialization. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2018-11307, CVE-2019-12086, CVE-2019-12814)

 It was discovered that Jackson Databind incorrectly handled deserialization. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or other unspecified impact. (CVE-2018-12022, CVE-2018-12023, CVE-2018-14718, CVE-2018-14719, CVE-2018-19360, CVE-2018-19361, CVE-2018-19362, CVE-2019-12384, CVE-2019-14379, CVE-2019-14439, CVE-2019-14540, CVE-2019-16335, CVE-2019-16942, CVE-2019-16943, CVE-2019-17267, CVE-2019-17531, CVE-2019-20330, CVE-2020-10672, CVE-2020-10673, CVE-2020-10968, CVE-2020-10969, CVE-2020-11111, CVE-2020-11112, CVE-2020-11113, CVE-2020-11619, CVE-2020-11620, CVE-2020-14060, CVE-2020-14061, CVE-2020-14062, CVE-2020-14195, CVE-2020-8840, CVE-2020-9546, CVE-2020-9547, CVE-2020-9548)

 It was discovered that Jackson Databind incorrectly handled deserialization. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute XML entity (XXE) attacks. (CVE-2018-14720)

 It was discovered that Jackson Databind incorrectly handled deserialization. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute server-side request forgery (SSRF). (CVE-2018-14721)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected libjackson2-databind-java package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4813-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 183541

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4813-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/20/2023

Updated: 8/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8840

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-14721

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjackson2-databind-java, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/10/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-11307, CVE-2018-12022, CVE-2018-12023, CVE-2018-14718, CVE-2018-14719, CVE-2018-14720, CVE-2018-14721, CVE-2018-19360, CVE-2018-19361, CVE-2018-19362, CVE-2019-12086, CVE-2019-12384, CVE-2019-12814, CVE-2019-14379, CVE-2019-14439, CVE-2019-14540, CVE-2019-16335, CVE-2019-16942, CVE-2019-16943, CVE-2019-17267, CVE-2019-17531, CVE-2019-20330, CVE-2020-10672, CVE-2020-10673, CVE-2020-10968, CVE-2020-10969, CVE-2020-11111, CVE-2020-11112, CVE-2020-11113, CVE-2020-11619, CVE-2020-11620, CVE-2020-14060, CVE-2020-14061, CVE-2020-14062, CVE-2020-14195, CVE-2020-8840, CVE-2020-9546, CVE-2020-9547, CVE-2020-9548

USN: 4813-1