RHEL 7 : xstream (RHSA-2021:1354)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 148982

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for xstream.

Description

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

XStream is a Java XML serialization library to serialize objects to and deserialize object from XML.

Security Fix(es):

* 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)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the RHEL xstream package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:1354.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 148982

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-1354.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 4/26/2021

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

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:redhat:enterprise_linux:xstream-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xstream, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/26/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2021

Reference Information

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

CWE: 434, 94

RHSA: 2021:1354

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