CVE-2020-28491 (High) detected in jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.8.11.jar

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CVE-2020-28491 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.8.11.jar

Support for reading and writing Concise Binary Object Representation ([CBOR](https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7049) encoded data using Jackson abstractions (streaming API, data binding, tree model)

Library home page: http://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-dataformats-binary

Path to dependency file: yang-db/fuse-test/fuse-test-framework/pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/jackson-dataformat-cbor/2.8.11/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.8.11.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/jackson-dataformat-cbor/2.8.11/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.8.11.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/jackson-dataformat-cbor/2.8.11/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.8.11.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/jackson-dataformat-cbor/2.8.11/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.8.11.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/jackson-dataformat-cbor/2.8.11/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.8.11.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/jackson-dataformat-cbor/2.8.11/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.8.11.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/jackson-dataformat-cbor/2.8.11/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.8.11.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/jackson-dataformat-cbor/2.8.11/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.8.11.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/jackson-dataformat-cbor/2.8.11/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.8.11.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/jackson-dataformat-cbor/2.8.11/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.8.11.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar (Root Library)
  • elasticsearch-x-content-6.5.4.jar
    • ❌ jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.8.11.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 80fe93fc00cbc4c1911c0b9dc69dafa73a316d66

Vulnerability Details

This affects the package com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-cbor from 0 and before 2.11.4, from 2.12.0-rc1 and before 2.12.1. Unchecked allocation of byte buffer can cause a java.lang.OutOfMemoryError exception.

Publish Date: 2021-02-18

URL: CVE-2020-28491

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-28491

Release Date: 2021-02-18

Fix Resolution: com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-cbor:2.11.4, com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-cbor:2.12.1

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