OPENSUSE-SU-2022:0817-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2022-03-14 09:22 - Updated: 2026-09-20 19:40
Summary
Security update for xstream
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Title of the patch: Security update for xstream
Description of the patch: This update for xstream fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-43859: Fixed a denial of service when unmarshalling highly recursive collections or maps (bsc#1195458).
Patchnames: openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2022-817,openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2022-817
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
CVE-2021-43859
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.3:xstream-0:1.4.19-3.18.2.noarch —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.3:xstream-benchmark-0:1.4.19-3.18.2.noarch —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.3:xstream-javadoc-0:1.4.19-3.18.2.noarch —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.3:xstream-parent-0:1.4.19-3.18.2.noarch —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact moderate
References
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