7.5 High
CVSS3
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
7.1 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.011 Low
EPSS
Percentile
84.1%
The 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.
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-2021-21341.
The vulnerability was discovered and reported by threedr3am.
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream | lt | 1.4.16 |
x-stream.github.io/changes.html#1.4.16
github.com/advisories/GHSA-2p3x-qw9c-25hh
github.com/x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-2p3x-qw9c-25hh
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-2021-21341
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-2021-21341.html
x-stream.github.io/security.html#workaround
7.5 High
CVSS3
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
7.1 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.011 Low
EPSS
Percentile
84.1%