Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Apache Dubbo - CVE-2019-17564
Published: September 1, 2020 / Updated: January 5, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU46195
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:P/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17564
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
Apache Dubbo
Apache Dubbo
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data in HTTP request, when HTTP remoting is enabled. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted HTTP POST request to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-17564
Install updates from vendor's website.