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jackson.core needs to be upgraded to a secure version(v3.1.0)

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Description

The current version is 2.14.1 in codeql/java/tools/ferstl-depgraph-dependencies/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/jackson-core/2.14.1/jackson-core-2.14.1.jar.

jackson-core contains core low-level incremental ("streaming") parser and generator abstractions used by Jackson Data Processor. In versions prior to 2.15.0, if a user parses an input file and it has deeply nested data, Jackson could end up throwing a StackoverflowError if the depth is particularly large. jackson-core 2.15.0 contains a configurable limit for how deep Jackson will traverse in an input document, defaulting to an allowable depth of 1000. jackson-core will throw a StreamConstraintsException if the limit is reached. jackson-databind also benefits from this change because it uses jackson-core to parse JSON inputs. As a workaround, users should avoid parsing input files from untrusted sources.

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Start by inspecting codeql/java/tools/ferstl-depgraph-dependencies/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/jackson-core/2.14.1/jackson-core-2.14.1.jar and the surrounding dependency metadata. Resolve whether the intended upgrade is 3.1.0 from the title or 2.15.0 from the body, then verify the resulting dependency is no longer the vulnerable 2.14.1 version.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
security
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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