Debian DSA-3841-1 : libxstream-java - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 99970

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that XStream, a Java library to serialise objects to XML and back again, was suspectible to denial of service during unmarshalling.

Solution

Upgrade the libxstream-java packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.7-2+deb8u2.

For the upcoming stable distribution (stretch), this problem will be fixed soon.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/libxstream-java

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 99970

File Name: debian_DSA-3841.nasl

Version: 3.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/4/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxstream-java, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/2/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7957

DSA: 3841