CVE-2023-51775 (Medium) detected in jose4j-0.9.3.jar

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CVE-2023-51775 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - jose4j-0.9.3.jar

The jose.4.j library is a robust and easy to use open source implementation of JSON Web Token (JWT) and the JOSE specification suite (JWS, JWE, and JWK). It is written in Java and relies solely on the JCA APIs for cryptography. Please see https://bitbucket.org/b_c/jose4j/wiki/Home for more info, examples, etc..

Library home page: https://bitbucket.org/b_c/jose4j/

Path to dependency file: /file-storage/build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.bitbucket.b_c/jose4j/0.9.3/9670e11587194cb6b1b2edcaa688a3fab85b4148/jose4j-0.9.3.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• kafka_2.13-3.6.1-test.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ jose4j-0.9.3.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 335a4047c89f52dfe860e93daefb32dc86a521a2

Found in base branch: develop

Vulnerability Details

The jose4j component before 0.9.4 for Java allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large p2c (aka PBES2 Count) value.

Publish Date: 2023-12-25

URL: CVE-2023-51775

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

Origin: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-51775

Release Date: 2023-12-25

Fix Resolution (org.bitbucket.b_c:jose4j): 0.9.4

Direct dependency fix Resolution (org.apache.kafka:kafka_2.13): 3.6.2

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