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Deserialization of Untrusted Data Affecting xmlrpc-client package, versions <1:3.1.3-9.amzn2

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
62.88% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-XMLRPCCLIENT-1663070
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed27 Oct 2017
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Introduced: 27 Oct 2017

CVE-2016-5003  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-502  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 xmlrpc-client to version 1:3.1.3-9.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2018-1041.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xmlrpc-client package and not the xmlrpc-client package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

The Apache XML-RPC (aka ws-xmlrpc) library 3.1.3, as used in Apache Archiva, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java object in an <ex:serializable> element.

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