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    CVE-2018-14720

    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.

    Published:Jul 27, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Jan 2, 2019
    EPSS Score:0.0341
    CVSS Score:9.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Fasterxml
    Product
    Jackson-databind
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Banking Platform
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Communications Billing And Revenue Management
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Enterprise Manager For Virtualization
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Jdeveloper
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Primavera Unifier
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Retail Merchandising System
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Webcenter Portal
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Bpms
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Data Grid
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Enterprise Application Platform
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Cd
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Enterprise Brms Platform
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Fuse
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Single Sign On
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Logging
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openshift
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openshift Container Platform
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Software Collections

    Exploits

    https://github.com/dawetmaster/CVE-2018-14720-jackson-databind-vulnerable

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-221 Data Serialization External Entities Blowup
    CAPEC-586 Object Injection

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    References

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0959
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0782
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1106
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1107
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1108
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1140
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1822
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1823
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2858
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3149
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3892
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4037
    https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/87d29af25e82a249ea15858e2d4ecbf64091db44
    https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/2097
    https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson/wiki/Jackson-Release-2.9.7
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6a78f88716c3c57aa74ec05764a37ab3874769a347805903b393b286%40%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/82b01bfb6787097427ce97cec6a7127e93718bc05d1efd5eaffc228f%40%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ba973114605d936be276ee6ce09dfbdbf78aa56f6cdc6e79bfa7b8df%40%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5b1f07fabd94ae84fd60a7f8%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf1bbc0ea4a9f014cf94df9a12a6477d24a27f52741dbc87f2fd52ff2%40%3Cissues.geode.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00005.html
    https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/68
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190530-0003/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4452
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0959
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0782
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1106
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1107
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1108
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1140
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1822
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1823
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2858
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3149
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3892
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4037
    https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/87d29af25e82a249ea15858e2d4ecbf64091db44
    https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/2097
    https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson/wiki/Jackson-Release-2.9.7
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6a78f88716c3c57aa74ec05764a37ab3874769a347805903b393b286%40%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/82b01bfb6787097427ce97cec6a7127e93718bc05d1efd5eaffc228f%40%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ba973114605d936be276ee6ce09dfbdbf78aa56f6cdc6e79bfa7b8df%40%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5b1f07fabd94ae84fd60a7f8%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf1bbc0ea4a9f014cf94df9a12a6477d24a27f52741dbc87f2fd52ff2%40%3Cissues.geode.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00005.html
    https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/68
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190530-0003/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4452
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Network
    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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