matsluni/aws-spi-akka-http

OWASP vulnerabilities blacklisted

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Please upgrade Akka to the latest otherwise dependency is flagged by OWASP checker https://github.com/jeremylong/dependency-check-gradle

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2017-1000034

Akka versions <=2.4.16 and 2.5-M1 are vulnerable to a java deserialization attack in its Remoting component resulting in remote code execution in the context of the ActorSystem.
CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

CVSSv2:
Base Score: HIGH (9.3)
Vector: /AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSSv3:
Base Score: HIGH (8.1)
Vector: /AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References:
CONFIRM - http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/2.4/security/2017-02-10-java-serialization.html
Vulnerable Software & Versions: (show all)

cpe:2.3:a:akka:akka:::::::: versions up to (including) 2.4.16
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@alexmnyc, this library does not use a akka version mentioned in the description above.

Can we close this issue?