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HistoryOct 07, 2019 - 12:00 a.m.

Debian DSA-4542-1 : jackson-databind - security update

2019-10-0700:00:00
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It was discovered that jackson-databind, a Java library used to parse JSON and other data formats, did not properly validate user input before attempting deserialization. This allowed an attacker providing maliciously crafted input to perform code execution, or read arbitrary files on the server.

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4542. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(129597);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/04/19");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2019-12384",
    "CVE-2019-14439",
    "CVE-2019-14540",
    "CVE-2019-16335",
    "CVE-2019-16942",
    "CVE-2019-16943"
  );
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4542");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4542-1 : jackson-databind - security update");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"It was discovered that jackson-databind, a Java library used to parse
JSON and other data formats, did not properly validate user input
before attempting deserialization. This allowed an attacker providing
maliciously crafted input to perform code execution, or read arbitrary
files on the server.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=941530");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=940498");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=933393");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=930750");
  # https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/jackson-databind
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?61134ddf");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/jackson-databind");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/jackson-databind");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4542");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the jackson-databind packages.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been
fixed in version 2.8.6-1+deb9u6.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed
in version 2.9.8-3+deb10u1.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-16942");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-16943");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/06/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/10/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/10/07");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:jackson-databind");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"libjackson2-databind-java", reference:"2.9.8-3+deb10u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"libjackson2-databind-java-doc", reference:"2.9.8-3+deb10u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libjackson2-databind-java", reference:"2.8.6-1+deb9u6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libjackson2-databind-java-doc", reference:"2.8.6-1+deb9u6")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
VendorProductVersionCPE
debiandebian_linuxjackson-databindp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:jackson-databind
debiandebian_linux10.0cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0
debiandebian_linux9.0cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0