CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
88.3%
The vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to load and execute arbitrary code from a remote host only by manipulating the processed input stream. No user is affected, who followed the recommendation to setup XStream’s security framework with a whitelist limited to the minimal required types.
If you rely on XStream’s default blacklist of the Security Framework, you will have to use at least version 1.4.16.
See workarounds for the different versions covering all CVEs.
See full information about the nature of the vulnerability and the steps to reproduce it in XStream’s documentation for CVE-2021-21346.
wh1t3p1g G5-RD6@IIE found and reported the issue to XStream and provided the required information to reproduce it.
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
com.thoughtworks.xstream | xstream | * | cpe:2.3:a:com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
x-stream.github.io/changes.html#1.4.16
github.com/advisories/GHSA-4hrm-m67v-5cxr
github.com/x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-4hrm-m67v-5cxr
lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8244fd0831db894d5e89911ded9c72196d395a90ae655414d23ed0dd@%3Cusers.activemq.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ac71b047767205aa22e3a08cb33f3e0586de6b2fac48b425c6e16b0@%3Cdev.jmeter.apache.org%3E
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00002.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/22KVR6B5IZP3BGQ3HPWIO2FWWCKT3DHP/
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PVPHZA7VW2RRSDCOIPP2W6O5ND254TU7/
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/QGXIU3YDPG6OGTDHMBLAFN7BPBERXREB/
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21346
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210430-0002/
www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5004
www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
x-stream.github.io/CVE-2021-21346.html
x-stream.github.io/security.html#workaround
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
88.3%