MGASA-2018-0138

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    MGASA-2018-0138

    Published: 24 Feb 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated jackson-databind packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: A deserialization flaw was discovered in the jackson-databind which could allow an unauthenticated user to perform code execution by sending maliciously crafted input to the readValue method of ObjectMapper (CVE-2017-17485). A flaw was found in FasterXML jackson-databind which allows unauthenticated remote code execution due deserialization flaws. This is exploitable via two different gadgets that bypass a blacklist (CVE-2018-5968).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0138.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22569, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/WW7SXEPYMKLVPDYOEHSN52CK3P6WMIQG/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: jackson-databind

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/jackson-databind?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.7.6-1.3.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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