CVE-2012-0881 (High) detected in xercesImpl-2.9.1.jar

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CVE-2012-0881 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - xercesImpl-2.9.1.jar

Auto generated POM

Path to dependency file: /build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/xerces/xercesImpl/2.9.1/1136d197e2755bbde296ceee217ec5fe2917477b/xercesImpl-2.9.1.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• spark-sql_2.11-2.2.3.jar (Root Library)
  • spark-core_2.11-2.2.3.jar
    • hadoop-client-2.6.5.jar
      • hadoop-hdfs-2.6.5.jar
        • ❌ xercesImpl-2.9.1.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

Apache Xerces2 Java Parser before 2.12.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted message to an XML service, which triggers hash table collisions.

Publish Date: 2017-10-30

URL: CVE-2012-0881

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://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0881

Release Date: 2017-10-30

Fix Resolution (xerces:xercesImpl): 2.12.0

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

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