Summary
Vulnerability in the Jackson JSON libraryWho should read this | All Struts 2 developers and users which are using the REST plugin |
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Impact of vulnerability | Not clear, please read the linked issue for more details. https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/1599 |
Maximum security rating | Medium |
Recommendation | Upgrade to Struts 2.5.14.1 or Struts 2.4 (TBD) |
Affected Software | Struts 2.1.1 - 2.3.34, Struts 2.5 - Struts 2.5.14 |
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Problem
A vulnerability was detected in the latest Jackson JSON library, which was reported here. Upgrade com.fasterxml.jackson
to version 2.9.2 to address CVE-2017-7525.
Solution
Upgrade to Apache Struts version 2.5.14.1 or 2.4. Another solution is to manually upgrade Jackson dependencies in your project to not vulnerable versions, see this comment.
Backward compatibility
No backward incompatibility issues are expected.
Workaround
Upgrade Jackson JSON library to the latest version.