CVE-2021-39140
In affected versions this vulnerability 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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.92%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
XStream is a simple library to serialize objects to XML and back again. In affected versions this vulnerability 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. XStream 1.4.18 uses no longer a blacklist by default, since it cannot be secured for general purpose.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.92% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-502, CWE-835
- Affected
- xstream/xstream · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · netapp/snapmanager · oracle/business activity monitoring · oracle/commerce guided search · oracle/communications billing and revenue management elastic charging engine · oracle/communications cloud native core automated test suite · oracle/communications cloud native core binding support function · oracle/communications cloud native core policy · oracle/communications unified inventory management · oracle/retail xstore point of service · oracle/utilities framework · oracle/utilities testing accelerator · oracle/webcenter portal
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-6wf9-jmg9-vxccThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22KVR6B5IZP3BGQ3HPWIO2FWWCKT3DHP/Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PVPHZA7VW2RRSDCOIPP2W6O5ND254TU7/Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QGXIU3YDPG6OGTDHMBLAFN7BPBERXREB/Mailing List
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210923-0003/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5004Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2021-39140.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-6wf9-jmg9-vxccThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22KVR6B5IZP3BGQ3HPWIO2FWWCKT3DHP/Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PVPHZA7VW2RRSDCOIPP2W6O5ND254TU7/Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QGXIU3YDPG6OGTDHMBLAFN7BPBERXREB/Mailing List
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210923-0003/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5004Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2021-39140.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.