Deserialization of Untrusted Data in xstream - CVE-2021-21347
Published: April 26, 2021 / Updated: December 17, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU52564
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-2021-21347
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: XStream
Affected software:
xstream
xstream
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. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data 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-2021-21347
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://x-stream.github.io/changes.html#1.4.16
- https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-qpfq-ph7r-qv6f
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ac71b047767205aa22e3a08cb33f3e0586de6b2fac48b425c6e16b0@%3Cdev.jmeter.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00002.html
- https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2021-21347.html
- https://x-stream.github.io/security.html#workaround