WS-2021-0419 (High) detected in gson-2.8.7.jar, gson-2.8.6.jar - autoclosed

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WS-2021-0419 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Libraries - gson-2.8.7.jar, gson-2.8.6.jar

gson-2.8.7.jar

Library home page: https://github.com/google/gson

Path to dependency file: /spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test-autoconfigure/build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.google.code.gson/gson/2.8.7/69d9503ea0a40ee16f0bcdac7e3eaf83d0fa914a/gson-2.8.7.jar,/le/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.google.code.gson/gson/2.8.7/69d9503ea0a40ee16f0bcdac7e3eaf83d0fa914a/gson-2.8.7.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ gson-2.8.7.jar (Vulnerable Library)

gson-2.8.6.jar

Gson JSON library

Library home page: https://github.com/google/gson

Path to dependency file: /buildSrc/build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.google.code.gson/gson/2.8.6/9180733b7df8542621dc12e21e87557e8c99b8cb/gson-2.8.6.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• kotlin-gradle-plugin-1.5.0.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ gson-2.8.6.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 96bf11bc40d74390348d616c7aec532c049fc253

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerability Details

Denial of Service vulnerability was discovered in gson before 2.8.9 via the writeReplace() method.

Publish Date: 2021-10-11

URL: WS-2021-0419

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.7)

Base Score Metrics:

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

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Release Date: 2021-10-11

Fix Resolution (com.google.code.gson:gson): 2.8.9

Direct dependency fix Resolution (org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin): 1.6.21

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