CVE-2021-29505

Summary

CVECVE-2021-29505
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-05-28 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:32:00 UTC
DescriptionXStream is software for serializing Java objects to XML and back again. A vulnerability in XStream versions prior to 1.4.17 may allow a remote attacker has sufficient rights to execute commands of the host only by manipulating the processed input stream. No user who followed the recommendation to setup XStream's security framework with a whitelist limited to the minimal required types is affected. The vulnerability is patched in version 1.4.17.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-94 | CWE-502

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 35 All All All
Application Netapp Snapmanager - All All All
Application Netapp Snapmanager - All All All
Application Oracle * 14.3.0 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Cash Management 14.2 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Cash Management 14.3 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Cash Management 14.5 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Corporate Lending Process Management 14.2.0 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Corporate Lending Process Management 14.3.0 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Corporate Lending Process Management 14.5.0 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Credit Facilities Process Management 14.2.0 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Credit Facilities Process Management 14.3.0 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Credit Facilities Process Management 14.5.0 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Supply Chain Finance 14.2.0 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Trade Finance Process Management 14.5.0 All All All
Application Oracle Business Activity Monitoring 11.1.1.9.0 All All All
Application Oracle Business Activity Monitoring 12.2.1.3.0 All All All
Application Oracle Business Activity Monitoring 12.2.1.4.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Brm - Elastic Charging Engine 11.3 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Brm - Elastic Charging Engine 12.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management 7.3.4 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management 7.3.5 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management 7.4.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management 7.4.1 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management 7.4.2 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12.4.0.0 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Xstore Point Of Service 16.0.6 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Xstore Point Of Service 17.0.4 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Xstore Point Of Service 18.0.3 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Xstore Point Of Service 19.0.2 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Xstore Point Of Service 20.0.1 All All All
Application Oracle Webcenter Portal 12.2.1.3.0 All All All
Application Oracle Webcenter Portal 12.2.1.4.0 All All All
Application Oracle Webcenter Sites 12.2.1.3.0 All All All
Application Oracle Webcenter Sites 12.2.1.4.0 All All All
Application Xstream Project Xstream All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: xstream-1.4.18-2.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
XStream is vulnerable to a Remote Command Execution attack · Advisory · x-stream/xstream · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: xstream-1.4.18-2.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2704-1] libxstream-java security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2022 MISC www.oracle.com
Add description of CVE-2021-29505 and bug fix. · x-stream/xstream@24fac82 · GitHub MISC github.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2021 MISC www.oracle.com
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2022 MISC www.oracle.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5004-1 libxstream-java DEBIAN www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: xstream-1.4.18-2.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE-2021-29505 XStream Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: xstream-1.4.18-2.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: xstream-1.4.18-2.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[jmeter-dev] 20210607 [GitHub] [jmeter] sseide opened a new pull request #667: update x-stream to 1.4.17 (from 1.4.16) lists.apache.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: xstream-1.4.18-2.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2022 N/A www.oracle.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159301 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for xstream (ELSA-2021-2683)
  • 178698 Debian Security Update for libxstream-java (DLA 2704-1)
  • 178889 Debian Security Update for libxstream-java (DSA 5004-1)
  • 178890 Debian Security Update for libxstream-java (DSA 5004-1)
  • 180124 Debian Security Update for libxstream-java (CVE-2021-29505)
  • 239481 Red Hat Update for xstream (RHSA-2021:2683)
  • 257097 CentOS Security Update for xstream (CESA-2021:2683)
  • 281980 Fedora Security Update for xstream (FEDORA-2021-d894ca87dc)
  • 281981 Fedora Security Update for xstream (FEDORA-2021-fbad11014a)
  • 352501 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for xstream: ALAS2-2021-1698
  • 375827 XStream Arbitrary Code Execution And Multiple vulnerabilities
  • 377183 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for xstream (ALINUX2-SA-2021:0043)
  • 730168 Atlassian Jira Server And Data Center Multiple Security Vulnerabilities (JRASERVER-72669, JRASERVER-72575, JRASERVER-72597)
  • 750658 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for xstream (SUSE-SU-2021:1995-1)
  • 750718 OpenSUSE Security Update for xstream (openSUSE-SU-2021:0911-1)
  • 750779 OpenSUSE Security Update for xstream (openSUSE-SU-2021:1995-1)
  • 980137 Java (maven) Security Update for com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream (GHSA-7chv-rrw6-w6fc)
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