CVE-2021-21351
XStream is vulnerable to an Arbitrary Code Execution attack
Impact
### Impact The vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to load and execute arbitrary code from a remote host 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. ### Patches If you rely on XStream's default blacklist of the [Security Framework](https://x-stream.github.io/security.html#framework), you will have to use at least version 1.4.16. ### Workarounds See [workarounds](https://x-stream.github.io/security.html#workaround) 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-2021-21351](https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2021-21351.html). ### Credits wh1t3p1g G5-RD6@IIE found and reported the issue to XStream and provided the required information to reproduce it. ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [XStream](https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/issues) * Contact us at [XStream Google Group](https://groups.google.com/group/xstream-user)
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| maven | com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream | < 1.4.16 | 1.4.16 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Netapp | Oncommand Insight | All versions |
| Apache | Activemq | before 5.15.14 Versions 5.16.0, 5.16.1 |
| Apache | Jmeter | before 5.5 |
| Xstream | Xstream | before 1.4.16 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Versions 9.0, 10.0, 11.0 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | Versions 33, 34, 35 |
| Oracle | Banking Enterprise Default Management | Versions 2.10.0, 2.12.0 |
| Oracle | Banking Platform | Versions 2.4.0, 2.7.1, 2.9.0, 2.12.0 |
| Oracle | Banking Virtual Account Management | Versions 14.2.0, 14.3.0, 14.5.0 |
| Oracle | Business Activity Monitoring | Versions 11.1.1.9.0, 12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0 |
| Oracle | Communications Billing And Revenue Management Elastic Charging Engine | Version 12.0.0.3.0 |
| Oracle | Communications Policy Management | Version 12.5.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- http://x-stream.github.io/changes.html#1.4.16
- https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-hrcp-8f3q-4w2c
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8244fd0831db894d5e89911ded9c72196d395a90ae655414d23ed0dd%40%3Cusers.activemq.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ac71b047767205aa22e3a08cb33f3e0586de6b2fac48b425c6e16b0%40%3Cdev.jmeter.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00002.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22KVR6B5IZP3BGQ3HPWIO2FWWCKT3DHP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PVPHZA7VW2RRSDCOIPP2W6O5ND254TU7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QGXIU3YDPG6OGTDHMBLAFN7BPBERXREB/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210430-0002/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5004
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2021-21351.html
- https://x-stream.github.io/security.html#workaround
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hrcp-8f3q-4w2c
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21351
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ac71b047767205aa22e3a08cb33f3e0586de6b2fac48b425c6e16b0@%3Cdev.jmeter.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8244fd0831db894d5e89911ded9c72196d395a90ae655414d23ed0dd@%3Cusers.activemq.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22KVR6B5IZP3BGQ3HPWIO2FWWCKT3DHP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QGXIU3YDPG6OGTDHMBLAFN7BPBERXREB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PVPHZA7VW2RRSDCOIPP2W6O5ND254TU7/