Deserialization of Untrusted Data Affecting org.apache.geode:geode-core package, versions [,1.15.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.27% (68th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEGEODE-3012081
  • published31 Aug 2022
  • disclosed31 Aug 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 31 Aug 2022

CVE-2022-37022  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-502  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.geode:geode-core to version 1.15.0 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.geode:geode-core is a data management platform for cloud architectures.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Deserialization of Untrusted Data when using JMX over RMI on Java 11.

Note: Upgrading to the fix version of the package will automatically protect users on Java 11.

Mitigation

Users who are not able to upgrade to the fixed version should disable affected services such as JMX over RMI (unless they are required) by setting Geode property jmx-manager to false. This property defaults to false on Servers and true on Locators.

Details

Serialization is a process of converting an object into a sequence of bytes which can be persisted to a disk or database or can be sent through streams. The reverse process of creating object from sequence of bytes is called deserialization. Serialization is commonly used for communication (sharing objects between multiple hosts) and persistence (store the object state in a file or a database). It is an integral part of popular protocols like Remote Method Invocation (RMI), Java Management Extension (JMX), Java Messaging System (JMS), Action Message Format (AMF), Java Server Faces (JSF) ViewState, etc.

Deserialization of untrusted data (CWE-502) is when the application deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid, thus allowing the attacker to control the state or the flow of the execution.

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