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CVE-2017-7525: Fasterxml Jackson Databind: Insecure deserialization

CVE-2017-7525 is rated critical with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 and affects Fasterxml Jackson Databind, along with 20 other products in NVD’s configuration data. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication, without any user interaction. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

A deserialization flaw was discovered in the jackson-databind, versions before 2.6.7.1, 2.7.9.1 and 2.8.9, which could allow an unauthenticated user to perform code execution by sending the maliciously crafted input to the readValue method of the ObjectMapper.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v3.1 9.8: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network, with no need for local or physical access.
Attack complexity: Low. No special conditions; the attack can be repeated reliably.
Privileges required: None. No account or prior access is needed.
User interaction: None. No action from any user is needed.
Scope: Unchanged. Impact stays within the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality impact: High. Total loss of confidentiality; sensitive data can be fully disclosed.
Integrity impact: High. Total loss of integrity; data or system state can be fully modified.
Availability impact: High. Total loss of availability; the component can be shut down.

Underlying weakness

CWE-184: Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs

The product implements a protection mechanism that relies on a list of inputs (or properties of inputs) that are not allowed by policy or otherwise require other action to neutralize before additional processing takes place, but the list is incomplete.

CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data

The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently ensuring that the resulting data will be valid.

Affected products

Fasterxml Jackson Databind: before 2.6.7.1; from 2.7.0 before 2.7.9.1; from 2.8.0 before 2.8.9; 2.9.0 prerelease1; 2.9.0 prerelease2
Debian Linux: 8.0; 9.0
Netapp Oncommand Balance: all versions listed by NVD
Netapp Oncommand Performance Manager: all versions listed by NVD
Netapp Oncommand Shift: all versions listed by NVD
Netapp Snapcenter: all versions listed by NVD
Red Hat Openshift Container Platform: 4.1; 3.11
Red Hat Virtualization: 4.0
Red Hat Virtualization Host: 4.0
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform: 6.0.0; 6.4.0; 7.0; 7.1
Oracle Banking Platform: 2.5.0; 2.6.0; 2.6.1; 2.6.2
Oracle Communications Billing And Revenue Management: 7.5; 12.0
Oracle Communications Communications Policy Management: from 12.0 up to and including 12.5.2
Oracle Communications Diameter Signaling Route: before 8.3
Oracle Communications Instant Messaging Server: 10.0.1; 10.0.1.2.0