CVE-2021-43297 (GCVE-0-2021-43297)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-10 15:25 – Updated: 2024-08-04 03:55
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Dubbo Hessian cause RCE when parse error
Summary
A deserialization vulnerability existed in dubbo hessian-lite 3.2.11 and its earlier versions, which could lead to malicious code execution. Most Dubbo users use Hessian2 as the default serialization/deserialization protocol, during Hessian catch unexpected exceptions, Hessian will log out some imformation for users, which may cause remote command execution. This issue affects Apache Dubbo Apache Dubbo 2.6.x versions prior to 2.6.12; Apache Dubbo 2.7.x versions prior to 2.7.15; Apache Dubbo 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.5.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://lists.apache.org/thread/1mszxrvp90y01xob5… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Dubbo |
Affected:
Apache Dubbo 2.6.x , < 2.6.12
(custom)
Affected: Apache Dubbo 2.7.x , < 2.7.15 (custom) Affected: Apache Dubbo 3.0.x , < 3.0.5 (custom) |
guessed |
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