RHEL 7 : xstream (RHSA-2021:3956)

high Nessus Plugin ID 154419

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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-2021:3956 advisory.

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

Security Fix(es):

* xstream: Arbitrary code execution via unsafe deserialization of Xalan xsltc.trax.TemplatesImpl (CVE-2021-39139)

* xstream: Arbitrary code execution via unsafe deserialization of com.sun.xml.internal.ws.client.sei.* (CVE-2021-39141)

* xstream: Arbitrary code execution via unsafe deserialization of sun.tracing.* (CVE-2021-39144)

* xstream: Arbitrary code execution via unsafe deserialization of com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapBindingEnumeration (CVE-2021-39145)

* xstream: Arbitrary code execution via unsafe deserialization of javax.swing.UIDefaults$ProxyLazyValue (CVE-2021-39146)

* xstream: Arbitrary code execution via unsafe deserialization of com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapSearchEnumeration (CVE-2021-39147)

* xstream: Arbitrary code execution via unsafe deserialization of com.sun.jndi.toolkit.dir.ContextEnumerator (CVE-2021-39148)

* xstream: Arbitrary code execution via unsafe deserialization of com.sun.corba.* (CVE-2021-39149)

* xstream: Server-side request forgery (SSRF) via unsafe deserialization of com.sun.xml.internal.ws.client.sei.* (CVE-2021-39150)

* xstream: Arbitrary code execution via unsafe deserialization of com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapBindingEnumeration (CVE-2021-39151)

* xstream: Server-side request forgery (SSRF) via unsafe deserialization of jdk.nashorn.internal.runtime.Source$URLData (CVE-2021-39152)

* xstream: Arbitrary code execution via unsafe deserialization of Xalan xsltc.trax.TemplatesImpl (CVE-2021-39153)

* xstream: Arbitrary code execution via unsafe deserialization of javax.swing.UIDefaults$ProxyLazyValue (CVE-2021-39154)

* xstream: Infinite loop DoS via unsafe deserialization of sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationInvocationHandler (CVE-2021-39140)

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-2021:3956.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 154419

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-3956.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 10/26/2021

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-39139

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

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: 10/25/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2021

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/31/2023

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (VMware NSX Manager XStream unauthenticated RCE)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-39139, CVE-2021-39140, CVE-2021-39141, CVE-2021-39144, CVE-2021-39145, CVE-2021-39146, CVE-2021-39147, CVE-2021-39148, CVE-2021-39149, CVE-2021-39150, CVE-2021-39151, CVE-2021-39152, CVE-2021-39153, CVE-2021-39154

CWE: 434, 502, 918

RHSA: 2021:3956

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