| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
| com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream | < 1.4.16 | 1.4.16 |
| activemq | = 5.16.0= 5.16.1< 5.15.14 | 5.15.14 |
| jmeter | < 5.5 | 5.5 |
| banking enterprise default management | = 2.10.0= 2.12.0 | |
| banking platform | = 2.12.0= 2.4.0= 2.7.1= 2.9.0 | |
| banking virtual account management | = 14.2.0= 14.3.0= 14.5.0 | |
| business activity monitoring | = 11.1.1.9.0= 12.2.1.3.0= 12.2.1.4.0 | |
| communications billing and revenue management elastic charging engine | = 12.0.0.3.0 | |
| communications policy management | = 12.5.0 | |
| communications unified inventory management | = 7.3.2= 7.3.4= 7.3.5= 7.4.0= 7.4.1 | |
| mysql server | ≤ 8.0.27 | |
| retail xstore point of service | = 16.0.6= 17.0.4= 18.0.3= 19.0.2 | |
| webcenter portal | = 11.1.1.9.0= 12.2.1.3.0= 12.2.1.4.0 | |
| xstream | < 1.4.16 | 1.4.16 |
The vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to occupy a thread that consumes maximum CPU time and will never return. No user is affected, who followed the recommendation to setup XStream's security framework with a whitelist limited to the minimal required types.
If you rely on XStream's default blacklist of the Security Framework, you will have to use at least version 1.4.16.
See workarounds for the different versions covering all CVEs.
See full information about the nature of the vulnerability and the steps to reproduce it in XStream's documentation for CVE-2021-21348.
The vulnerability was discovered and reported by threedr3am.
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