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CVE-2018-14720 Detail

Current Description

FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.7 might allow attackers to conduct external XML entity (XXE) attacks by leveraging failure to block unspecified JDK classes from polymorphic deserialization.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  01/02/2019
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.8 CRITICAL
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.5 HIGH
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0782
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson/wiki/Jackson-Release-2.9.7 Patch Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/87d29af25e82a249ea15858e2d4ecbf64091db44 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/2097 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6a78f88716c3c57aa74ec05764a37ab3874769a347805903b393b286@%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/82b01bfb6787097427ce97cec6a7127e93718bc05d1efd5eaffc228f@%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ba973114605d936be276ee6ce09dfbdbf78aa56f6cdc6e79bfa7b8df@%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5b1f07fabd94ae84fd60a7f8@%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html Patch Third Party Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') (CWE-611)

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:fasterxml:jackson-databind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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From (including)
2.0.0		Up to (excluding)
2.9.7

Configuration 2 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)


Change History

10 change records found - show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-14720
NVD Published Date:
01/02/2019
NVD Last Modified:
04/17/2019