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Oracle Linux: CVE-2021-21344: ELSA-2021-1354: xstream security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2021-21344: ELSA-2021-1354: xstream security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/12/2021
Created
04/28/2021
Added
10/16/2024
Modified
10/17/2024

Description

XStream is a Java library to serialize objects to XML and back again. In XStream before version 1.4.16, there is a vulnerability which 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. If you rely on XStream's default blacklist of the Security Framework, you will have to use at least version 1.4.16. A flaw was found in xstream. A remote attacker may be able to load and execute arbitrary code from a remote host only by manipulating the processed input stream. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-xstream
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-xstream-javadoc

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