#VU52571 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in xstream - CVE-2021-21351
Published: April 26, 2021 / Updated: December 17, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU52571
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: 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-2021-21351
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
xstream
xstream
Software vendor:
XStream
XStream
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.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- http://x-stream.github.io/changes.html#1.4.16
- https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-hrcp-8f3q-4w2c
- 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-2021-21351.html
- https://x-stream.github.io/security.html#workaround