XStream is vulnerable to an Arbitrary Code Execution attack
GHSA-43gc-mjxg-gvrq · BIT-activemq-2021-21350 · CVE-2021-21350
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Description
Impact
The vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code only by manipulating the processed input stream. No user is affected, who followed the recommendation to setup XStream's security framework with a whitelist limited to the minimal required types.
Patches
If you rely on XStream's default blacklist of the Security Framework, you will have to use at least version 1.4.16.
Workarounds
See workarounds for the different versions covering all CVEs.
References
See full information about the nature of the vulnerability and the steps to reproduce it in XStream's documentation for CVE-2021-21350.
Credits
The vulnerability was discovered and reported by threedr3am.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open an issue in XStream
- Contact us at XStream Google Group
References
- WEB https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-43gc-mjxg-gvrq
- ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21350
- PACKAGE https://github.com/x-stream/xstream
- WEB https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8244fd0831db894d5e89911ded9c72196d395a90ae655414d23ed0dd@%3Cusers.activemq.apache.org%3E
- WEB https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ac71b047767205aa22e3a08cb33f3e0586de6b2fac48b425c6e16b0@%3Cdev.jmeter.apache.org%3E
- WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00002.html
- WEB https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22KVR6B5IZP3BGQ3HPWIO2FWWCKT3DHP
- WEB https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PVPHZA7VW2RRSDCOIPP2W6O5ND254TU7
- WEB https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QGXIU3YDPG6OGTDHMBLAFN7BPBERXREB
- WEB https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210430-0002
- WEB https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5004
- WEB https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- WEB https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- WEB https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- WEB https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2021-21350.html
- WEB https://x-stream.github.io/security.html#workaround
- WEB http://x-stream.github.io/changes.html#1.4.16
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