CVE-2022-40153 (High) detected in woodstox-core-6.2.3.jar

Vulnerable Library - woodstox-core-6.2.3.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: /samples/client/petstore/java/resttemplate-withXml/build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.fasterxml.woodstox/woodstox-core/6.2.3/f70ebf235f1df4c6999b6e0d4fb7c53436fef11a/woodstox-core-6.2.3.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• jackson-dataformat-xml-2.11.4.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ woodstox-core-6.2.3.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 4b7a8d7d7384aa6a27d6309c35ade0916edae7ed

Found in base branches: 3.0.0, master

Vulnerability Details

Those using Xstream to seralize XML data may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS). 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-2022-40153

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

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): 2.12.5