[MDEP-626] Upgrade struts and xerces due to CVEs

• Type: Dependency upgrade
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.1.1
• Fix Version/s: 3.1.2
• Component/s: get
• Assignee: Karl Heinz Marbaise
• Reporter: Richard Cross
• Created: 31/Aug/18 13:15
• Updated: 23/Dec/20 09:00
• Resolved: 16/Oct/19 20:05

Description

If running behind a proxy (e.g. Nexus, with a security vulnerability scanner (e.g. Nexus IQ), the get command (and possibly others) fails due to a dependency on libraries deemed "vulnerable".

 

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin:3.1.1:get (default-cli) on project project1-sample: Execution default-cli of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin:3.1.1:get failed: Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin:LATEST or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: The following artifacts could not be resolved: xerces:xercesImpl:jar:2.9.1, org.apache.struts:struts-core:jar:1.3.8: Could not transfer artifact xerces:xercesImpl:jar:2.9.1 from/to efx.nexus (https://mynexusserver/nexus/repository/maven-public/): Access denied to: https://mynexusserver/nexus/repository/maven-public/xerces/xercesImpl/2.9.1/xercesImpl-2.9.1.jar , ReasonPhrase:Requested item is quarantined. -> [Help 1]

struts2-core 1.3.8 has 4 CVEs against it - "safe" versions are 2.3.35 or 2.5.17

xercesImpl 2.9.1 has 2 CVEs and a Sonatype security warning - 2.12.0 is better, although still problematic.

 

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #22