CVE-2017-7957 (GCVE-0-2017-7957)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-04-29 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:19
VLAI
Summary
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("<void/>") call.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1832 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2889 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039499 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://www-prd-trops.events.ibm.com/node/715749 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3841 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2017-7957.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100687 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2017-04-29 00:00
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