woodstox-core-6.3.1.jar: 1 vulnerabilities (highest severity is: 6.5)

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Vulnerable Library - woodstox-core-6.3.1.jar

Woodstox is a high-performance XML processor that implements Stax (JSR-173), SAX2 and Stax2 APIs

Library home page: http://fasterxml.com

Path to dependency file: /build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.fasterxml.woodstox/woodstox-core/6.3.1/bf29b07ca4dd81ef3c0bc18c8bd5617510a81c5d/woodstox-core-6.3.1.jar

Found in HEAD commit: 26696d30ae3a174047ee21ec6573e9b8b0bc1d1e

Vulnerabilities

CVE	Severity	CVSS	Dependency	Type	Fixed in (woodstox-core version)	Remediation Possible**
CVE-2022-40152	Medium	6.5	woodstox-core-6.3.1.jar	Direct	6.4.0	✅

**In some cases, Remediation PR cannot be created automatically for a vulnerability despite the availability of remediation

Details

CVE-2022-40152

Vulnerable Library - woodstox-core-6.3.1.jar

Woodstox is a high-performance XML processor that implements Stax (JSR-173), SAX2 and Stax2 APIs

Library home page: http://fasterxml.com

Path to dependency file: /build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.fasterxml.woodstox/woodstox-core/6.3.1/bf29b07ca4dd81ef3c0bc18c8bd5617510a81c5d/woodstox-core-6.3.1.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ woodstox-core-6.3.1.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 26696d30ae3a174047ee21ec6573e9b8b0bc1d1e

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerability Details

Those using Woodstox to parse XML data may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS) if DTD support is enabled. If the parser is running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to crash by stackoverflow. This effect may support a denial of service attack.

Publish Date: 2022-08-11

URL: CVE-2022-40152

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

Release Date: 2022-08-11

Fix Resolution: 6.4.0

⛑️ Automatic Remediation will be attempted for this issue.

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⛑️Automatic Remediation will be attempted for this issue.

[jordarlu]

possible a cache dependency issue ...