CVE-2018-5968

Summary

CVECVE-2018-5968
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-01-22 04:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-09-13 14:19:00 UTC
DescriptionFasterXML jackson-databind through 2.8.11 and 2.9.x through 2.9.3 allows unauthenticated remote code execution because of an incomplete fix for the CVE-2017-7525 and CVE-2017-17485 deserialization flaws. This is exploitable via two different gadgets that bypass a blacklist.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-184 | CWE-502

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Fasterxml Jackson-databind All All All All
Application Fasterxml Jackson-databind All All All All
Application Netapp E-series Santricity Os Controller All All All All
Application Netapp E-series Santricity Web Services Proxy - All All All
Application Netapp E-series Santricity Web Services Proxy - All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Shift - All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Shift - All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift Container Platform 3.11 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift Container Platform 4.1 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift Container Platform 3.11 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift Container Platform 4.1 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization Host 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization Host 4.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Document Display | HPE Support Center CONFIRM support.hpe.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2020 MISC www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
CVE-2018-5968 Jackson JSON Library Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Another two gadgets to exploit default typing issue in jackson-databind (CVE-2018-5968) · Issue #1899 · FasterXML/jackson-databind · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4114-1 jackson-databind DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 980763 Java (maven) Security Update for com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind (GHSA-w3f4-3q6j-rh82)
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