USN-4813-1: Jackson Databind vulnerabilities

15 March 2021

Several security issues were fixed in Jackson Databind.

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It was discovered that Jackson Databind incorrectly handled
deserialization. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain
sensitive information. (CVE-2018-11307, CVE-2019-12086, CVE-2019-12814)

It was discovered that Jackson Databind incorrectly handled
deserialization. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary code or other unspecified impact. (CVE-2018-12022,
CVE-2018-12023, CVE-2018-14718, CVE-2018-14719, CVE-2018-19360,
CVE-2018-19361, CVE-2018-19362, CVE-2019-12384, CVE-2019-14379,
CVE-2019-14439, CVE-2019-14540, CVE-2019-16335, CVE-2019-16942,
CVE-2019-16943, CVE-2019-17267, CVE-2019-17531, CVE-2019-20330,
CVE-2020-10672, CVE-2020-10673, CVE-2020-10968, CVE-2020-10969,
CVE-2020-11111, CVE-2020-11112, CVE-2020-11113, CVE-2020-11619,
CVE-2020-11620, CVE-2020-14060, CVE-2020-14061, CVE-2020-14062,
CVE-2020-14195, CVE-2020-8840, CVE-2020-9546, CVE-2020-9547, CVE-2020-9548)

It was discovered that Jackson Databind incorrectly handled
deserialization. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute XML
entity (XXE) attacks. (CVE-2018-14720)

It was discovered that Jackson Databind incorrectly handled
deserialization. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
server-side request forgery (SSRF). (CVE-2018-14721)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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