Gentoo: GLSA-201612-35 Normal: XStream Remote Code Execution
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December 13, 2016
A vulnerability in XStream may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Summary
It was found that XStream would deserialize arbitrary user-supplied XML content, thus representing objects of any type.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All XStream users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/xstream-1.4.8-r1"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2013-7285 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-7285
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-35
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Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Severity: Normal
Title: XStream: Remote execution of arbitrary code
Date: December 13, 2016
Bugs: #497652
ID: 201612-35
Topics Covered
Background
XStream is a simple library to serialize objects to XML and back again.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-java/xstream < 1.4.8-r1 >= 1.4.8-r1
Impact
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A remote attacker could pass a specially crafted XML document to
XStream, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the
privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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