CVE-2021-39140

MEDIUM

Xstream < 1.4.18 - Insecure Deserialization

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

XStream is a simple library to serialize objects to XML and back again. In affected versions this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to allocate 100% CPU time on the target system depending on CPU type or parallel execution of such a payload resulting in a denial of service 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. XStream 1.4.18 uses no longer a blacklist by default, since it cannot be secured for general purpose.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2021-39140.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00017.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5004
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210923-0003/
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 33.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-502 CWE-835
Status published
Products (36)
com.thoughtworks.xstream/xstream 0 - 1.4.18Maven
debian/debian_linux 9.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
debian/debian_linux 11.0
fedoraproject/fedora 33
fedoraproject/fedora 34
fedoraproject/fedora 35
netapp/snapmanager (2 CPE variants)
oracle/business_activity_monitoring 12.2.1.4.0
oracle/commerce_guided_search 11.3.2
... and 26 more
Published Aug 23, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026