WS-2019-0490 (High) detected in jcommander-1.72.jar

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WS-2019-0490 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - jcommander-1.72.jar

Command line parsing

Library home page: http://jcommander.org

Path to dependency file: /pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/com/beust/jcommander/1.72/jcommander-1.72.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• testng-6.14.3.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ jcommander-1.72.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 160e69822964b88ff887ba903106f5fc169a5abf

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerability Details

Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere vulnerability found in jcommander before 1.75. jcommander resolving dependencies over HTTP instead of HTTPS.

Publish Date: 2019-02-19

URL: WS-2019-0490

CVSS 3 Score Details (8.1)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: High
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: High
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Release Date: 2019-02-19

Fix Resolution: com.beust:jcommander:1.75

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