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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLWo5aDgtcGhydy1oNGZo

XStream is vulnerable to a Remote Command Execution attack

Impact

The vulnerability may allow a remote attacker has sufficient rights to execute commands of the host 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

XStream 1.4.18 uses no longer a blacklist by default, since it cannot be secured for general purpose.

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-2021-39144.

Credits

Ceclin and YXXX from the Tencent Security Response Center found and reported the issue to XStream and provided the required information to reproduce it.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

• Open an issue in XStream
• Email us at XStream Google Group

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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: over 2 years ago
Updated: 10 months ago

CVSS Score: 8.6
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Identifiers: GHSA-j9h8-phrw-h4fh, CVE-2021-39144
References:

• https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-j9h8-phrw-h4fh
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39144
• https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2021-39144.html
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210923-0003/
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00017.html
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/22KVR6B5IZP3BGQ3HPWIO2FWWCKT3DHP/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/QGXIU3YDPG6OGTDHMBLAFN7BPBERXREB/
• 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://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169859/VMware-NSX-Manager-XStream-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j9h8-phrw-h4fh

Repository: https://github.com/x-stream/xstream
Blast Radius: 37.9

Affected Packages