A jackson-databind security update has been released for Debian GNU/Linux 8 Extended LTS to address a denial of service attack issue.
ELA-605-1 jackson-databind security update
Package jackson-databind
ELA-605-1 jackson-databind security update
Version 2.4.2-2+deb8u17
Related CVEs CVE-2020-36518
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 8 jessie, these problems have been fixed in version 2.4.2-2+deb8u17.
We recommend that you upgrade your jackson-databind packages.
Further information about Extended LTS security advisories can be found at: https://deb.freexian.com/extended-lts/
