Resource Exhaustion Affecting libxstream-java package, versions <1.4.19-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.84% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-LIBXSTREAMJAVA-5685681
  • published8 Feb 2022
  • disclosed1 Feb 2022

Introduced: 1 Feb 2022

CVE-2021-43859  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 libxstream-java to version 1.4.19-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxstream-java package and not the libxstream-java package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 as soon as possible. Users unable to upgrade may set the NO_REFERENCE mode to prevent recursion. See GHSA-rmr5-cpv2-vgjf for further details on a workaround if an upgrade is not possible.

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