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CVE-2022-38751 (Medium) detected in snakeyaml-1.31.jar - autoclosed #2071

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mend-for-github.aaakk.us.kg bot opened this issue Sep 6, 2022 · 2 comments
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mend-for-github.aaakk.us.kg bot commented Sep 6, 2022

CVE-2022-38751 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - snakeyaml-1.31.jar

YAML 1.1 parser and emitter for Java

Library home page: https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml

Path to dependency file: /build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.yaml/snakeyaml/1.31/cf26b7b05fef01e7bec00cb88ab4feeeba743e12/snakeyaml-1.31.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

  • opensearch-2.4.0-SNAPSHOT.jar (Root Library)
    • opensearch-x-content-2.4.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
      • snakeyaml-1.31.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerability Details

Using snakeYAML to parse untrusted YAML files 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.

Publish Date: 2022-09-05

URL: CVE-2022-38751

CVSS 3 Score Details (6.5)

Base Score Metrics:

  • Exploitability Metrics:
    • Attack Vector: Network
    • Attack Complexity: Low
    • Privileges Required: Low
    • User Interaction: None
    • Scope: Unchanged
  • Impact Metrics:
    • Confidentiality Impact: None
    • Integrity Impact: None
    • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47039

Release Date: 2022-09-05

Fix Resolution: org.yaml:snakeyaml:1.31

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cwperks commented Sep 6, 2022

Security plugin gets this dependency transitively from core. Snakeyaml was updated from 1.26 -> 1.31 in core in this PR: opensearch-project/OpenSearch#4341

@mend-for-github.aaakk.us.kg mend-for-github.aaakk.us.kg bot changed the title CVE-2022-38751 (Medium) detected in snakeyaml-1.26.jar CVE-2022-38751 (Medium) detected in snakeyaml-1.31.jar Sep 12, 2022
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✔️ This issue was automatically closed by Mend because the vulnerable library in the specific branch(es) was either marked as ignored or it is no longer part of the Mend inventory.

@mend-for-github.aaakk.us.kg mend-for-github.aaakk.us.kg bot changed the title CVE-2022-38751 (Medium) detected in snakeyaml-1.31.jar CVE-2022-38751 (Medium) detected in snakeyaml-1.31.jar - autoclosed Sep 28, 2022
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