CVE-2021-43859

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted DataCWE-770 — Allocation without Limits15 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
1.9%
top 16.95%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
13
X-stream XstreamJenkins JenkinsOracle Communications BRM - Elastic Charging Engine+10 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 1
Latest updateJul 15

Description

XStream is an open source java library to serialize objects to XML and back again. Versions prior to 1.4.19 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. XStream 1.4.19 monitors and accumulates the time it takes to add elements to collections and throws an exception if a set threshold is exceeded. Users are advised to upgrade…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages13 packages

▶Debianlibxstream-java< 1.4.15-3+deb11u3+3
▶NVDxstream/xstream< 1.4.19
▶CVEListV5x-stream/xstream< 1.4.19

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0, Fedora 34, 35

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: www.oracle.com ↗Patch: www.oracle.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
GHSA
DoS vulnerability in bundled XStream library in Jenkins Core↗2022-02-10
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OSV
Denial of Service by injecting highly recursive collections or maps in XStream↗2022-02-01
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GHSA
Denial of Service by injecting highly recursive collections or maps in XStream↗2022-02-01
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OSV
CVE-2021-43859: XStream is an open source java library to serialize objects to XML and back again↗2022-02-01
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CVEList
Denial of Service by injecting highly recursive collections or maps in XStream↗2022-02-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

9
Oracle
Oracle Oracle Communications Applications Risk Matrix: Security (XStream) — CVE-2021-43859↗2023-07-15
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Oracle
Oracle Oracle Financial Services Applications Risk Matrix: Infrastructure (XStream) — CVE-2021-43859↗2023-04-15
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Oracle
Oracle Oracle Fusion Middleware Risk Matrix: General (XStream) — CVE-2021-43859↗2022-10-15
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Oracle
Oracle Oracle Communications Applications Risk Matrix: EM Gateway (XStream) — CVE-2021-43859↗2022-07-15
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Oracle
Oracle Oracle Communications Risk Matrix: Visualization, Database (XStream) — CVE-2021-43859↗2022-04-15
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