CVE-2023-39410 (High) detected in avro-1.7.7.jar

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CVE-2023-39410 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - avro-1.7.7.jar

Avro core components

Library home page: http://avro.apache.org

Path to dependency file: /build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.apache.avro/avro/1.7.7/3548c0bc136e71006f3fc34e22d34a29e5069e50/avro-1.7.7.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• spark-sql_2.11-2.2.3.jar (Root Library)
  • spark-core_2.11-2.2.3.jar
    • ❌ avro-1.7.7.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: b23ac4a35a28378635d7eef881077d376557bfc5

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

When deserializing untrusted or corrupted data, it is possible for a reader to consume memory beyond the allowed constraints and thus lead to out of memory on the system.

This issue affects Java applications using Apache Avro Java SDK up to and including 1.11.2. Users should update to apache-avro version 1.11.3 which addresses this issue.

Publish Date: 2023-09-29

URL: CVE-2023-39410

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • 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: GHSA-rhrv-645h-fjfh

Release Date: 2023-09-29

Fix Resolution (org.apache.avro:avro): 1.11.3

Direct dependency fix Resolution (org.apache.spark:spark-sql_2.11): 2.3.0

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