CVE-2021-37714 (High) detected in jsoup-1.8.3.jar

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CVE-2021-37714 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - jsoup-1.8.3.jar

jsoup HTML parser

Library home page: http://jsoup.org/

Path to dependency file: /pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /downloadResource_be9e7f78-c1b5-4680-921c-c131e1f3bfc0/20200212161001/jsoup-1.8.3.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ jsoup-1.8.3.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: f04e4d76a32040dafd17ce3d872dcd7df5a9dca4

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

jsoup is a Java library for working with HTML. Those using jsoup versions prior to 1.14.2 to parse untrusted HTML or XML may be vulnerable to DOS attacks. If the parser is run on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to get stuck (loop indefinitely until cancelled), to complete more slowly than usual, or to throw an unexpected exception. This effect may support a denial of service attack. The issue is patched in version 1.14.2. There are a few available workarounds. Users may rate limit input parsing, limit the size of inputs based on system resources, and/or implement thread watchdogs to cap and timeout parse runtimes.

Publish Date: 2021-08-18

URL: CVE-2021-37714

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: https://jsoup.org/news/release-1.14.2

Release Date: 2021-08-18

Fix Resolution: 1.14.2

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