GitHub Advisory DatabaseGHSA-56P8-3FH9-4CVQXStream is vulnerable to an attack using Regular Expression for a Denial of Service (ReDos)
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
7.8 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.023 Low
EPSS
Percentile
89.6%
Impact
The vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to occupy a thread that consumes maximum CPU time and will never return. No user is affected, who followed the recommendation to setup XStream’s security framework with a whitelist limited to the minimal required types.
Patches
If you rely on XStream’s default blacklist of the Security Framework, you will have to use at least version 1.4.16.
Workarounds
See workarounds for the different versions covering all CVEs.
References
See full information about the nature of the vulnerability and the steps to reproduce it in XStream’s documentation for CVE-2021-21348.
Credits
The vulnerability was discovered and reported by threedr3am.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open an issue in XStream
- Contact us at XStream Google Group
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream | lt | 1.4.16 |
References
x-stream.github.io/changes.html#1.4.16
github.com/advisories/GHSA-56p8-3fh9-4cvq
github.com/x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-56p8-3fh9-4cvq
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-2021-21348
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-2021-21348.html
x-stream.github.io/security.html#workaround
Related
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
7.8 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.023 Low
EPSS
Percentile
89.6%