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RHEL 9 : jackson-annotations, jackson-core, jackson-databind, jackson-jaxrs-providers, and jackson-modules-base (RHSA-2025:12282)

🗓️ 30 Jul 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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 nessus
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RHEL 9 has jackson packages vulnerable to stack overflow error (CVE-2025-52999) requiring attention.

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    Core part of Jackson that defines Streaming API as well as basic shared abstractions.

    Security Fix(es):

    * com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-core: jackson-core Potential StackoverflowError (CVE-2025-52999)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and
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include('rpm2.inc');
include('rhel.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'Red Hat' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Red Hat');
if (!rhel_check_release(operator: 'eq', os_version: os_version, rhel_version: '9.2')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 9.2', 'Red Hat ' + os_version);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Red Hat', cpu);

var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '9',
    'sp': '2',
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'pki-jackson-annotations-2.19.1-1.el9_2', 'sp':'2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'pki-jackson-core-2.19.1-1.el9_2', 'sp':'2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'pki-jackson-databind-2.19.1-1.el9_2', 'sp':'2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'pki-jackson-jaxrs-json-provider-2.19.1-1.el9_2', 'sp':'2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'pki-jackson-jaxrs-providers-2.19.1-1.el9_2', 'sp':'2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'pki-jackson-module-jaxb-annotations-2.19.1-1.el9_2', 'sp':'2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
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var applicable_repo_urls = rhel_determine_applicable_repository_urls(constraints:constraints);
if(applicable_repo_urls == RHEL_REPOS_NO_OVERLAP_MESSAGE) exit(0, RHEL_REPO_NOT_ENABLED);

var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');

var flag = 0;
var repo_relative_urls;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
    if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
  }

  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['repo_relative_urls'])) repo_relative_urls = constraint['repo_relative_urls'];

  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    reference = NULL;
    sp = NULL;
    _cpu = NULL;
    el_string = NULL;
    rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    epoch = NULL;
    allowmaj = NULL;
    exists_check = NULL;
    cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        rhel_decide_repo_relative_url_check(required_repo_url_list:repo_relative_urls) &&
        (applicable_repo_urls || (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check))) &&
        rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var subscription_caveat = '\n' +
    'NOTE: This vulnerability check contains fixes that apply to\n' +
    'packages only available in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux\n' +
    'Update Services for SAP Solutions repository.\n' +
    'Access to this repository requires a paid RHEL subscription.\n';
  var extra = NULL;
  if (isnull(applicable_repo_urls) || !applicable_repo_urls) extra = subscription_caveat + rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_repo_caveat();
  else extra = subscription_caveat + rpm_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'pki-jackson-annotations / pki-jackson-core / pki-jackson-databind / etc');
}

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30 Jul 2025 00:00Current
7.2High risk
Vulners AI Score7.2
CVSS 48.7
EPSS0.00634
SSVC
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