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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2990-1 jackson-databind -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

02 May 2022

Affected Packages:

jackson-databind

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 1007109.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-36518.

More information:

It was discovered that the implementation of UntypedObjectDeserializer in jackson-databind, a fast and powerful JSON library for Java, was prone to a denial of service attack when deeply nested object and array values were processed.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.6-1+deb9u10.

We recommend that you upgrade your jackson-databind packages.

For the detailed security status of jackson-databind please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/jackson-databind

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS