PT-2023-12769 · Com.Fasterxml · Java-Merge-Sort

Jonathan Leitschuh · Published 2023-01-12 · Updated 2025-04-08 · CVE-2022-24913

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions com.fasterxml.util:java-merge-sort versions prior to 1.1.0

Description The issue is related to an Insecure Temporary File in the StdTempFileProvider() function, located in StdTempFileProvider.java. This function utilizes the permissive File.createTempFile() function, which exposes the contents of temporary files.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.1.0, update to version 1.1.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the StdTempFileProvider() function until a patch is available.

Fix

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-377

CWE-668

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-24913

GHSA-QXXC-7MQ4-MF79

Affected Products

Java-Merge-Sort

References · 9

• https://github.com/cowtowncoder/java-merge-sort/commit/450fdee70b5f181c2afc5d817f293efa1a543902 · Patch
• https://github.com/cowtowncoder/java-merge-sort/pull/21 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-24913 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-qxxc-7mq4-mf79 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24913 · Security Note
• https://github.com/cowtowncoder/java-merge-sort · Note
• https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-COMFASTERXMLUTIL-3227926 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/56409 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/118315 · Telegram Post