CVE-2023-31442 (High) detected in akka-actor_2.13-2.6.20.jar

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CVE-2023-31442 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - akka-actor_2.13-2.6.20.jar

Akka is a toolkit for building highly concurrent, distributed, and resilient message-driven applications for Java and Scala.

Library home page: https://akka.io/

Path to dependency file: /src/test/gatling/gatlingTests.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.typesafe.akka/akka-actor_2.13/2.6.20/8dc5a2cef5a428c7b159f44486bed14cc964a227/akka-actor_2.13-2.6.20.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• gatling-charts-highcharts-3.11.5.jar (Root Library)
  • gatling-recorder-3.11.5.jar
    • :x: akka-actor_2.13-2.6.20.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: f878d4e3700978ab3ede9696d0fb223004862e20

Found in base branch: develop

Vulnerability Details

In Lightbend Akka before 2.8.1, the async-dns resolver (used by Discovery in DNS mode and transitively by Cluster Bootstrap) uses predictable DNS transaction IDs when resolving DNS records, making DNS resolution subject to poisoning by an attacker. If the application performing discovery does not validate (e.g., via TLS) the authenticity of the discovered service, this may result in exfiltration of application data (e.g., persistence events may be published to an unintended Kafka broker). If such validation is performed, then the poisoning constitutes a denial of access to the intended service. This affects Akka 2.5.14 through 2.8.0, and Akka Discovery through 2.8.0.

Publish Date: 2023-05-11

URL: CVE-2023-31442

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://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-31442

Release Date: 2023-05-11

Fix Resolution: com.typesafe.akka:akka-actor:2.8.1

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