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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLTQzZ2MtbWp4Zy1ndnJx

XStream is vulnerable to an Arbitrary Code Execution attack

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

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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Moderate
Classification: General
Published: over 3 years ago
Updated: almost 2 years ago

CVSS Score: 5.3
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Identifiers: GHSA-43gc-mjxg-gvrq, CVE-2021-21350
References:

• https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-43gc-mjxg-gvrq
• https://x-stream.github.io/security.html#workaround
• http://x-stream.github.io/changes.html#1.4.16
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21350
• https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2021-21350.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00002.html
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ac71b047767205aa22e3a08cb33f3e0586de6b2fac48b425c6e16b0@%3Cdev.jmeter.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8244fd0831db894d5e89911ded9c72196d395a90ae655414d23ed0dd@%3Cusers.activemq.apache.org%3E
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210430-0002/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/22KVR6B5IZP3BGQ3HPWIO2FWWCKT3DHP/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/QGXIU3YDPG6OGTDHMBLAFN7BPBERXREB/
• https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PVPHZA7VW2RRSDCOIPP2W6O5ND254TU7/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5004
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-43gc-mjxg-gvrq

Repository: https://github.com/x-stream/xstream
Blast Radius: 23.4

Affected Packages