CentOS 7 : xstream (CESA-2021:1354)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 149208

Synopsis

The remote CentOS Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2021:1354 advisory.

- XStream: Unsafe deserizaliation of javax.sql.rowset.BaseRowSet (CVE-2021-21344)

- XStream: Unsafe deserizaliation of com.sun.corba.se.impl.activation.ServerTableEntry (CVE-2021-21345)

- XStream: Unsafe deserizaliation of sun.swing.SwingLazyValue (CVE-2021-21346)

- XStream: Unsafe deserizaliation of com.sun.tools.javac.processing.JavacProcessingEnvironment NameProcessIterator (CVE-2021-21347)

- XStream: Unsafe deserizaliation of com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.util.ClassLoader (CVE-2021-21350)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected xstream and / or xstream-javadoc packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?3a2425af

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/434.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/502.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 149208

File Name: centos_RHSA-2021-1354.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/30/2021

Updated: 1/2/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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: 9.2

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-21345

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xstream, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xstream-javadoc, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/29/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/23/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-21344, CVE-2021-21345, CVE-2021-21346, CVE-2021-21347, CVE-2021-21350

CWE: 434, 502, 94

RHSA: 2021:1354