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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2924-1 libxstream-java -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

15 Feb 2022

Affected Packages:

libxstream-java

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2021-43859.

More information:

It was discovered that there was a potential remote denial of service (DoS) attack in XStream, a Java library used to serialize objects to XML and back again.

An attacker could have consumed 100% of the CPU resources, but the library now monitors and accumulates the time it takes to add elements to collections, and throws an exception if a set threshold is exceeded.

• CVE-2021-43859

  XStream is an open source java library to serialize objects to XML and back again. Versions prior to 1.4.19 may allow a remote attacker to allocate 100% CPU time on the target system depending on CPU type or parallel execution of such a payload resulting in a denial of service only by manipulating the processed input stream. XStream 1.4.19 monitors and accumulates the time it takes to add elements to collections and throws an exception if a set threshold is exceeded. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as possible. Users unable to upgrade may set the NO_REFERENCE mode to prevent recursion. See GHSA-rmr5-cpv2-vgjf for further details on a workaround if an upgrade is not possible.

For Debian 9 Stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.11.1-1+deb9u5.

We recommend that you upgrade your libxstream-java packages.

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