CVE-2019-16942

Description

A Polymorphic Typing issue was discovered in FasterXML jackson-databind 2.0.0 through 2.9.10. When Default Typing is enabled (either globally or for a specific property) for an externally exposed JSON endpoint and the service has the commons-dbcp (1.4) jar in the classpath, and an attacker can find an RMI service endpoint to access, it is possible to make the service execute a malicious payload. This issue exists because of org.apache.commons.dbcp.datasources.SharedPoolDataSource and org.apache.commons.dbcp.datasources.PerUserPoolDataSource mishandling.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.44%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00001.html third party advisory mailing list
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4542 vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/6 mailing list third party advisory issue tracking
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b2e23c94f9dfef53e04c492e5d02e5c75201734be7adc73a49ef2370%40%3Cissues.geode.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7782a937c9259a58337ee36b2961f00e2d744feafc13084e176d0df5%40%3Cissues.geode.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TH5VFUN4P7CCIP7KSEXYA5MUTFCUDUJT/ vendor advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q7CANA7KV53JROZDX5Z5P26UG5VN2K43/ vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3901 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a430dbc9be874c41314cc69e697384567a9a24025e819d9485547954%40%3Cissues.geode.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0164 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0159 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0160 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0161 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0445 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://medium.com/%40cowtowncoder/on-jackson-cves-dont-panic-here-is-what-you-need-to-know-54cd0d6e8062
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html third party advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html third party advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html third party advisory
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/2478 third party advisory patch
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GEODE-7255 third party advisory issue tracking
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191017-0006/ third party advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf1bbc0ea4a9f014cf94df9a12a6477d24a27f52741dbc87f2fd52ff2%40%3Cissues.geode.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html third party advisory patch
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html third party advisory patch
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html third party advisory patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-16942?
CVE-2019-16942 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-16942?
To fix CVE-2019-16942, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-16942 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2019-16942 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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