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CVE-2021-39140

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 XStreams 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.

Risk Information

Base Score
6.3
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.049

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Thoughtworks-Xstream 1.4.18Windows
(RHSA-2021:3956) xstream security update xstream-1.3.1-16.el7_9.noarch.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2021:3956) xstream security update xstream-javadoc-1.3.1-16.el7_9.noarch.rpmLinux
Xstream update (ELSA-2021-3956) xstream-1.3.1-16.el7_9.noarch.rpmLinux
Xstream-javadoc update (ELSA-2021-3956) xstream-javadoc-1.3.1-16.el7_9.noarch.rpmLinux
libxstream-java security update(DSA-5004-1) libxstream-java_1.4.15-3+deb11u1_all.debLinux
libxstream-java security update(DSA-5004-1) libxstream-java_1.4.11.1-1+deb10u3_all.debLinux
Java library to serialize objects to XML and back again (USN-5946-1) libxstream-java_1.4.18-2ubuntu0.1_all.debLinux
Java library to serialize objects to XML and back again (USN-5946-1) libxstream-java_1.4.19-1ubuntu0.1_all.debLinux
Java library to serialize objects to XML and back again (USN-5946-1) libxstream-java_1.4.11.1-1ubuntu0.3_all.debLinux
Java library to serialize objects to XML and back again (USN-5946-1) libxstream-java_1.4.11.1-1+deb10u4build0.18.04.1_all.debLinux
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Thoughtworks-Xstream for Linux 1.4.18Linux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234