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CVE-2021-21341

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…

HIGH 7.5EPSS 77.8%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 77.8%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
77.80% probability · 100th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-400, CWE-502
Affected
netapp/oncommand insight · apache/activemq · apache/jmeter · xstream/xstream · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · oracle/banking enterprise default management · oracle/banking platform · oracle/business activity monitoring · oracle/communications billing and revenue management elastic charging engine · oracle/communications unified inventory management · oracle/retail xstore point of service · oracle/webcenter portal
Source
security-advisories@github.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.