Fluid Attacks Database

Description

Denial of service in XStream XStream through 1.4.9, when a certain denyTypes workaround is not used, mishandles attempts to create an instance of the primitive type 'void' during unmarshalling, leading to a remote application crash, as demonstrated by an xstream.fromXML("") call.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Component	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 14	libxstream-java	>=0 <1.4.9-2	1.4.9-2
debian 12	libxstream-java	>=0 <1.4.9-2	1.4.9-2
maven	xstream:xstream	>=0 <=1.4.9	1.4.10
debian 13	libxstream-java	>=0 <1.4.9-2	1.4.9-2
maven	com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream	>=0 <1.4.10	1.4.10
debian 11	libxstream-java	>=0 <1.4.9-2	1.4.9-2
rpm rhel7	xstream	-	-

Aliases

1. CVE-2017-79572. NVD-2017-79573. OSV-DEBIAN-2017-79574. OSV-2017-79575. GCVE-2017-79576. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2017-79577. X-STREAM-CVE-2017-7957.html8. cve.mitre.org9. ACCESS-cve-2017-795710. access.redhat.com11. access.redhat.com12. access.redhat.com

References

1. https://github.com/dawetmaster/CVE-2017-7957-xstream-vulnerable2. https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/commit/6e546ec366419158b1e393211be6d78ab9604ab3. https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/commit/8542d02d9ac5d384c85f4b33d6c1888c53bd55d4. https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/commit/b3570be2f39234e61f99f9a20640756ea71b1b45. https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1258006. https://www-prd-trops.events.ibm.com/node/7157497. http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-38418. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1006879. http://www.securitytracker.com/id/103949910. http://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2017-7957.html

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