UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4221

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4221

    Published: 10 Oct 2013Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-4221

    Summary:

    Details: The default configuration of the ObjectRepresentation class in Restlet before 2.1.4 deserializes objects from untrusted sources using the Java XMLDecoder, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java code via crafted XML.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4221, http://blog.diniscruz.com/2013/08/using-xmldecoder-to-execute-server-side.html, https://github.com/o2platform/DefCon_RESTing, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4221

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: restlet

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+repack-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.0.14+repack-0ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High