CVE-2021-43859 Denial of Service by injecting highly recursive collections or maps in XStream

2022-02-0112:08:57

CWE-400

GitHub_M

www.cve.org

xstream

java library

xml serialization

denial of service

remote attack

cpu

vulnerability

upgrade

no_reference mode

ghsa-rmr5-cpv2-vgjf

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

7.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.015

Percentile

87.1%

JSON

XStream is an open source java library to serialize objects to XML and back again. Versions prior to 1.4.19 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. XStream 1.4.19 monitors and accumulates the time it takes to add elements to collections and throws an exception if a set threshold is exceeded. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as possible. Users unable to upgrade may set the NO_REFERENCE mode to prevent recursion. See GHSA-rmr5-cpv2-vgjf for further details on a workaround if an upgrade is not possible.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "xstream",
    "vendor": "x-stream",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "< 1.4.19"
      }
    ]
  }
]