Debian DLA-2616-1 : libxstream-java security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 148312

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

In XStream there is a vulnerability which may allow a remote attacker to load and execute arbitrary code from a remote host only by manipulating the processed input stream.

The type hierarchies for java.io.InputStream, java.nio.channels.Channel, javax.activation.DataSource and javax.sql.rowsel.BaseRowSet are now blacklisted as well as the individual types com.sun.corba.se.impl.activation.ServerTableEntry, com.sun.tools.javac.processing.JavacProcessingEnvironment$NameProcessI terator, sun.awt.datatransfer.DataTransferer$IndexOrderComparator, and sun.swing.SwingLazyValue. Additionally the internal type Accessor$GetterSetterReflection of JAXB, the internal types MethodGetter$PrivilegedGetter and ServiceFinder$ServiceNameIterator of JAX-WS, all inner classes of javafx.collections.ObservableList and an internal ClassLoader used in a private BCEL copy are now part of the default blacklist and the deserialization of XML containing one of the types will fail. You will have to enable these types by explicit configuration, if you need them.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.11.1-1+deb9u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libxstream-java packages.

For the detailed security status of libxstream-java please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libxstream-java

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected libxstream-java package.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00002.html

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

http://www.nessus.org/u?b2068716

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 148312

File Name: debian_DLA-2616.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/5/2021

Updated: 1/16/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-21350

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.9

Temporal Score: 8.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-21345

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxstream-java, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/3/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/23/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-21341, CVE-2021-21342, CVE-2021-21343, CVE-2021-21344, CVE-2021-21345, CVE-2021-21346, CVE-2021-21347, CVE-2021-21348, CVE-2021-21349, CVE-2021-21350, CVE-2021-21351