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USN-4714-1: XStream vulnerabilities

28 January 2021

Several security issues were fixed in libxstream-java.

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Releases

Packages

  • libxstream-java - Java library to serialize objects to XML and back again

Details

Zhihong Tian and Hui Lu found that XStream was vulnerable to remote code
execution. A remote attacker could run arbitrary shell commands by
manipulating the processed input stream. (CVE-2020-26217)

It was discovered that XStream was vulnerable to server-side forgery attacks.
A remote attacker could request data from internal resources that are not
publicly available only by manipulating the processed input stream.
(CVE-2020-26258)

It was discovered that XStream was vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion on
the local host. A remote attacker could use this to delete arbitrary known
files on the host as long as the executing process had sufficient rights only
by manipulating the processed input stream. (CVE-2020-26259)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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