ghsa-hrcp-8f3q-4w2c
Vulnerability from github
Published
2021-03-22 23:29
Modified
2022-02-08 21:32
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
XStream is vulnerable to an Arbitrary Code Execution attack
Details

Impact

The vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to load and execute arbitrary code from a remote 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

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-2021-21351.

Credits

wh1t3p1g G5-RD6@IIE 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 * Contact us at XStream Google Group

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        "name": "com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream"
      },
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        }
      ]
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  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-21351"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
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    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-03-22T23:27:18Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-03-23T00:15:00Z",
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  },
  "details": "### Impact\nThe vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to load and execute arbitrary code from a remote host only by manipulating the processed input stream. No user is affected, who followed the recommendation to setup XStream\u0027s security framework with a whitelist limited to the minimal required types.\n\n### Patches\nIf you rely on XStream\u0027s default blacklist of the [Security Framework](https://x-stream.github.io/security.html#framework), you will have to use at least version 1.4.16.\n\n### Workarounds\nSee [workarounds](https://x-stream.github.io/security.html#workaround) for the different versions covering all CVEs.\n\n### References\nSee full information about the nature of the vulnerability and the steps to reproduce it in XStream\u0027s documentation for [CVE-2021-21351](https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2021-21351.html).\n\n### Credits\nwh1t3p1g G5-RD6@IIE found and reported the issue to XStream and provided the required information to reproduce it.\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open an issue in [XStream](https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/issues)\n* Contact us at [XStream Google Group](https://groups.google.com/group/xstream-user)",
  "id": "GHSA-hrcp-8f3q-4w2c",
  "modified": "2022-02-08T21:32:01Z",
  "published": "2021-03-22T23:29:37Z",
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      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22KVR6B5IZP3BGQ3HPWIO2FWWCKT3DHP"
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}


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