UBUNTU-CVE-2021-29505

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-29505

    Published: 28 May 2021Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-29505

    Summary:

    Details: XStream is software for serializing Java objects to XML and back again. A vulnerability in XStream versions prior to 1.4.17 may allow a remote attacker has sufficient rights to execute commands of the host only by manipulating the processed input stream. No user who followed the recommendation to setup XStream's security framework with a whitelist limited to the minimal required types is affected. The vulnerability is patched in version 1.4.17.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-29505, https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-7chv-rrw6-w6fc, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-29505

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libxstream-java

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.4.4-1
    1.4.7-1
    1.4.7-1ubuntu0.1
    1.4.7-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
    1.4.7-1ubuntu0.1+esm2

    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
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