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Debian Security Advisory DSA 4037-1 (jackson-databind - security update)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

6 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

It was discovered that jackson-databind, a Java library used to parse JSON and other data formats, improperly validated user input prior to deserializing: following DSA-4004-1 for CVE-2017-7525 , an additional set of classes was identified as unsafe for deserialization.

Affected Software

Affected Software

jackson-databind on Debian Linux

Detection Method

Detection Method

This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.

Solution

Solution

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.2-2+deb8u2. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.6-1+deb9u2. We recommend that you upgrade your jackson-databind packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)