CVE-2019-14379 - Improper Input Validation

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

SubTypeValidator.java in FasterXML jackson-databind before 2.9.9.2 mishandles default typing when ehcache is used (because of net.sf.ehcache.transaction.manager.DefaultTransactionManagerLookup), leading to remote code execution.

SubTypeValidator.java in FasterXML jackson-databind before 2.9.9.2 mishandles default typing when ehcache is used (because of net.sf.ehcache.transaction.manager.DefaultTransactionManagerLookup), leading to remote code execution.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 9.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Demo Examples

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

This example demonstrates a shopping interaction in which the user is free to specify the quantity of items to be purchased and a total is calculated.


               
...

The user has no control over the price variable, however the code does not prevent a negative value from being specified for quantity. If an attacker were to provide a negative value, then the user would have their account credited instead of debited.

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

This example asks the user for a height and width of an m X n game board with a maximum dimension of 100 squares.


               
.../* board dimensions */
die("No integer passed: Die evil hacker!\n");
die("No integer passed: Die evil hacker!\n");
die("Value too large: Die evil hacker!\n");

While this code checks to make sure the user cannot specify large, positive integers and consume too much memory, it does not check for negative values supplied by the user. As a result, an attacker can perform a resource consumption (CWE-400) attack against this program by specifying two, large negative values that will not overflow, resulting in a very large memory allocation (CWE-789) and possibly a system crash. Alternatively, an attacker can provide very large negative values which will cause an integer overflow (CWE-190) and unexpected behavior will follow depending on how the values are treated in the remainder of the program.

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

The following example shows a PHP application in which the programmer attempts to display a user's birthday and homepage.


               
echo "Birthday: $birthday<br>Homepage: <a href=$homepage>click here</a>"

The programmer intended for $birthday to be in a date format and $homepage to be a valid URL. However, since the values are derived from an HTTP request, if an attacker can trick a victim into clicking a crafted URL with <script> tags providing the values for birthday and / or homepage, then the script will run on the client's browser when the web server echoes the content. Notice that even if the programmer were to defend the $birthday variable by restricting input to integers and dashes, it would still be possible for an attacker to provide a string of the form:


               
2009-01-09--

If this data were used in a SQL statement, it would treat the remainder of the statement as a comment. The comment could disable other security-related logic in the statement. In this case, encoding combined with input validation would be a more useful protection mechanism.

Furthermore, an XSS (CWE-79) attack or SQL injection (CWE-89) are just a few of the potential consequences when input validation is not used. Depending on the context of the code, CRLF Injection (CWE-93), Argument Injection (CWE-88), or Command Injection (CWE-77) may also be possible.

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

This function attempts to extract a pair of numbers from a user-supplied string.


               
}
die("Did not specify integer value. Die evil hacker!\n");
/* proceed assuming n and m are initialized correctly */

This code attempts to extract two integer values out of a formatted, user-supplied input. However, if an attacker were to provide an input of the form:


               
123:

then only the m variable will be initialized. Subsequent use of n may result in the use of an uninitialized variable (CWE-457).

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

The following example takes a user-supplied value to allocate an array of objects and then operates on the array.


               
}
list[0] = new Widget();
die("Negative value supplied for list size, die evil hacker!");

This example attempts to build a list from a user-specified value, and even checks to ensure a non-negative value is supplied. If, however, a 0 value is provided, the code will build an array of size 0 and then try to store a new Widget in the first location, causing an exception to be thrown.

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

This application has registered to handle a URL when sent an intent:


               
}......
}
}
int length = URL.length();
...

The application assumes the URL will always be included in the intent. When the URL is not present, the call to getStringExtra() will return null, thus causing a null pointer exception when length() is called.

Overview

First reported 5 years ago

2019-07-29 12:15:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-06 23:15:00

Affected Software

Debian Linux 8.0 (Jessie)

8.0

References

RHBA-2019:2824

RHSA-2019:2743

RHSA-2019:2858

RHSA-2019:2935

RHSA-2019:2936

RHSA-2019:2937

RHSA-2019:2938

RHSA-2019:2998

RHSA-2019:3044

RHSA-2019:3045

RHSA-2019:3046

RHSA-2019:3050

RHSA-2019:3149

RHSA-2019:3200

RHSA-2019:3292

RHSA-2019:3297

RHSA-2019:3901

RHSA-2020:0727

https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/compare/jackson-databind-2.9.9.1...jackson-databind-2.9.9.2

Patch, Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/2387

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

[tomee-dev] 20190905 [GitHub] [tomee] asf-ci commented on issue #549: [TOMEE-2655] [7.1.x] Updates jackson-databind to 2.9.9.3 to mitigate CVE-2019-12384, CVE-2019-12814, CVE-2019-14379 and CVE-2019-14439

[tinkerpop-commits] 20190924 [GitHub] [tinkerpop] justinchuch opened a new pull request #1200: Upgrade jackson due to CVE issues

[iceberg-issues] 20191010 [GitHub] [incubator-iceberg] rdblue commented on issue #535: Update Jackson to 2.9.10 for CVE-2019-14379

[tomee-dev] 20190905 [GitHub] [tomee] rzo1 opened a new pull request #548: [TOMEE-2655] Updates jackson-databind to 2.9.9.3 to mitigate CVE-2019-12384, CVE-2019-12814, CVE-2019-14379 and CVE-2019-14439

[tomee-dev] 20190905 [GitHub] [tomee] rzo1 opened a new pull request #549: [TOMEE-2655] [7.1.x] Updates jackson-databind to 2.9.9.3 to mitigate CVE-2019-12384, CVE-2019-12814, CVE-2019-14379 and CVE-2019-14439

[drill-dev] 20191021 [jira] [Created] (DRILL-7416) Updates required to dependencies to resolve potential security vulnerabilities

[pulsar-commits] 20190822 [GitHub] [pulsar] massakam opened a new pull request #5011: [security] Upgrade jackson-databind

[tomee-dev] 20190905 [GitHub] [tomee] asf-ci commented on issue #548: [TOMEE-2655] Updates jackson-databind to 2.9.9.3 to mitigate CVE-2019-12384, CVE-2019-12814, CVE-2019-14379 and CVE-2019-14439

[tomee-dev] 20190906 [GitHub] [tomee] rzo1 commented on issue #549: [TOMEE-2655] [7.1.x] Updates jackson-databind to 2.9.9.3 to mitigate CVE-2019-12384, CVE-2019-12814, CVE-2019-14379 and CVE-2019-14439

[tomee-dev] 20190909 [GitHub] [tomee] jgallimore merged pull request #549: [TOMEE-2655] [7.1.x] Updates jackson-databind to 2.9.9.3 to mitigate CVE-2019-12384, CVE-2019-12814, CVE-2019-14379 and CVE-2019-14439

[iceberg-issues] 20191027 [GitHub] [incubator-iceberg] rdsr commented on issue #535: Update Jackson to 2.9.10 for CVE-2019-14379

[iceberg-issues] 20191010 [GitHub] [incubator-iceberg] mccheah opened a new pull request #535: Update Jackson to 2.9.10 for CVE-2019-14379

[iceberg-issues] 20191010 [GitHub] [incubator-iceberg] mccheah commented on issue #535: Update Jackson to 2.9.10 for CVE-2019-14379

[iceberg-issues] 20191010 [GitHub] [incubator-iceberg] rdblue opened a new pull request #533: Update Jackson to 2.9.10 for CVE-2019-14379

[iceberg-issues] 20191010 [GitHub] [incubator-iceberg] rdblue merged pull request #535: Update Jackson to 2.9.10 for CVE-2019-14379

[tomee-dev] 20190909 [GitHub] [tomee] jgallimore merged pull request #548: [TOMEE-2655] Updates jackson-databind to 2.9.9.3 to mitigate CVE-2019-12384, CVE-2019-12814, CVE-2019-14379 and CVE-2019-14439

[struts-dev] 20190908 Build failed in Jenkins: Struts-master-JDK8-dependency-check #204

[iceberg-issues] 20191010 [GitHub] [incubator-iceberg] rdblue closed pull request #533: Update Jackson to 2.9.10 for CVE-2019-14379

[drill-dev] 20191017 Dependencies used by Drill contain known vulnerabilities

[iceberg-issues] 20191010 [GitHub] [incubator-iceberg] rdblue commented on issue #533: Update Jackson to 2.9.10 for CVE-2019-14379

[ambari-commits] 20190813 [ambari] branch branch-2.7 updated: AMBARI-25352 : Upgrade fasterxml jackson dependency due to CVE-2019-14379 (#3066)

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

[tomee-dev] 20190905 [GitHub] [tomee] robert-schaft-hon commented on issue #549: [TOMEE-2655] [7.1.x] Updates jackson-databind to 2.9.9.3 to mitigate CVE-2019-12384, CVE-2019-12814, CVE-2019-14379 and CVE-2019-14439

[ambari-commits] 20190813 [ambari] branch trunk updated: AMBARI-25352 : Upgrade fasterxml jackson dependency due to CVE-2019-14379(trunk) (#3067)

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

[drill-issues] 20191021 [jira] [Created] (DRILL-7416) Updates required to dependencies to resolve potential security vulnerabilities

[debian-lts-announce] 20190812 [SECURITY] [DLA 1879-1] jackson-databind security update

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

FEDORA-2019-ae6a703b8f

FEDORA-2019-fb23eccc03

FEDORA-2019-99ff6aa32c

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190814-0001/

Third Party Advisory

N/A

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html

https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html

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