CVE-2018-1000210 High Severity Vulnerability detected by WhiteSource

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CVE-2018-1000210 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - gitversiontask.4.0.0.nupkg

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Library home page: https://api.nuget.org/packages/gitversiontask.4.0.0.nupkg

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ gitversiontask.4.0.0.nupkg (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 9a66840d268743df296982f1ebf455afed745b01

Vulnerability Details

YamlDotNet version 4.3.2 and earlier contains a Insecure Direct Object Reference vulnerability in The default behavior of Deserializer.Deserialize() will deserialize user-controlled types in the line "currentType = Type.GetType(nodeEvent.Tag.Substring(1), throwOnError: false);" and blindly instantiates them. that can result in Code execution in the context of the running process. This attack appear to be exploitable via Victim must parse a specially-crafted YAML file. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 5.0.0.

Publish Date: 2018-07-13

URL: CVE-2018-1000210

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.8)

Base Score Metrics:

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

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

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