marklogic / marklogic/cloud-enablement-aws

[Security] [HIGH] Upgrade json-smart from 1.2 to 1.3.3 to fix BDSA-2021-0939

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Description

Security Vulnerability

Vulnerability ID: BDSA-2021-0939
Severity: HIGH
Component: json-smart
Current Version: 1.2
Recommended Version: 1.3.3

CVE Information

CVE IDs: BDSA-2021-0939

Description

A vulnerability was found in netplex json-smart V1 and V2 due to an uncaught exception in parser. Successful exploitation of this issue could result in a denial-of-service (DoS) or potential sensitive data exposure.

Remediation Guidance

Recommended Action: Upgrade to 1.3.3

Available Patched Versions:
1.3.3

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Locate the project dependency declaration for json-smart and confirm the current 1.2 version. Update it to 1.3.3, then run the relevant project checks; done means the dependency uses the recommended patched version and BDSA-2021-0939 is addressed.

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Assessment

Domain
security
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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