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Debian Security Advisory DSA 4190-1 (jackson-databind - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
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 because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-7525 .
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+deb8u4. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.6-1+deb9u4. We recommend that you upgrade your jackson-databind packages. For the detailed security status of jackson-databind please refer to its security tracker page linked in the references.