Vulnerability identifier: #VU52568
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
xstream
Universal components / Libraries /
Libraries used by multiple products
Vendor: XStream
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to delete arbitrary files.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data where the processed stream at unmarshalling time contains type information to recreate the formerly written objects. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and delete arbitrary files.
Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
xstream: 0.2 - 1.4.15
External links
http://x-stream.github.io/changes.html#1.4.16
http://github.com/x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-74cv-f58x-f9wf
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ac71b047767205aa22e3a08cb33f3e0586de6b2fac48b425c6e16b0@%3Cdev.jmeter.apache.org%3E
http://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00002.html
http://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2021-21343.html
http://x-stream.github.io/security.html#workaround
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.