Description

XStream through 1.4.9, when a certain denyTypes workaround is not used, mishandles attempts to create an instance of the primitive type 'void' during unmarshalling, leading to a remote application crash, as demonstrated by an xstream.fromXML("") call.

Remediation

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3841

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100687

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039499

http://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2017-7957.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1832

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2888

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2889

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125800

https://www-prd-trops.events.ibm.com/node/715749

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Severity

High

Classification

CWE-20 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Tags

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