xstreamproject xstream CVE-2021-21341 vulnerability in Xstreamproject and Other Products
Published on March 23, 2021

XStream can cause a Denial of Service

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XStream is a Java library to serialize objects to XML and back again. In XStream before version 1.4.16, there is vulnerability which 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.

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Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2021-21341 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Types

What is a Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability?

The software does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

CVE-2021-21341 has been classified to as a Resource Exhaustion vulnerability or weakness.

What is a Marshaling, Unmarshaling Vulnerability?

The application deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid.

CVE-2021-21341 has been classified to as a Marshaling, Unmarshaling vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2021-21341

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Xstreamproject Xstream
 
Debian Linux
 
Canonical Ubuntu Linux
 
Fedora Project Fedora
 
Oracle Banking Enterprise Default Management
 
Oracle Banking Platform
 
Oracle Banking Virtual Account Management
 
Oracle Business Activity Monitoring
 
Oracle Communications Billing Revenue Management Elastic Charging Engine
 
Oracle Communications Policy Management
 
Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management
 
Oracle Retail Xstore Point Of Service
 
Oracle Webcenter Portal
 
Oracle GraalVM
 
Oracle Java
 
Oracle Jdk
 
NetApp Oncommand Insight
 
Apache ActiveMQ
 
Apache JMeter
 
Xstream
 

Affected Versions

x-stream xstream Version < 1.4.16 is affected by CVE-2021-21341

Vulnerable Packages

The following package name and versions may be associated with CVE-2021-21341

Package Manager Vulnerable Package Versions Fixed In
maven com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream < 1.4.16 1.4.16

Exploit Probability

EPSS
23.43%
Percentile
95.85%

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