CVE-2022-40152 (High) detected in woodstox-core-6.2.4.jar

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CVE-2022-40152 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - woodstox-core-6.2.4.jar

Woodstox is a high-performance XML processor that implements Stax (JSR-173), SAX2 and Stax2 APIs

Library home page: https://github.com/FasterXML/woodstox

Path to dependency file: /pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/com/fasterxml/woodstox/woodstox-core/6.2.4/woodstox-core-6.2.4.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• jackson-dataformat-xml-2.12.6.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ woodstox-core-6.2.4.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 37b603a7212a01a6b2bb0dd83fcfc64834928d71

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

Those using Woodstox to parse XML data may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS) if DTD support is enabled. If the parser is running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to crash by stackoverflow. This effect may support a denial of service attack.

Publish Date: 2022-09-16

URL: CVE-2022-40152

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Release Date: 2022-09-16

Fix Resolution (com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core): 6.4.0

Direct dependency fix Resolution (com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-xml): 2.13.0

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