CVE-2018-12023 High Severity Vulnerability detected by WhiteSource

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CVE-2018-12023 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - jackson-databind-2.8.1.jar

General data-binding functionality for Jackson: works on core streaming API

path: /root/.m2/repository/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/jackson-databind/2.8.1/jackson-databind-2.8.1.jar

Library home page: http://github.com/FasterXML/jackson

Dependency Hierarchy:

• spring-boot-starter-web-1.4.0.RELEASE.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ jackson-databind-2.8.1.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Vulnerability Details

jackson-databind has a potential remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability. in versions 2.7.9.x. 2.8.x < 2.8.11.2. and version 2.9.4--2.9.5.

Publish Date: 2018-12-13

URL: CVE-2018-12023

CVSS 2 Score Details (7.6)

Base Score Metrics not available

Suggested Fix

Type: Change files

Origin: FasterXML/jackson-databind@7487cf7

Release Date: 2018-06-01

Fix Resolution: Replace or update the following file: SubTypeValidator.java

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