Deserialization of Untrusted Data in gradle - CVE-2016-6199

 

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in gradle - CVE-2016-6199

Published: February 7, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU39730
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6199
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Gradle
Affected software:
gradle

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

ObjectSocketWrapper.java in Gradle 2.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized object.


How to mitigate CVE-2016-6199

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources