XStream: Remote execution of arbitrary code

XStream: Remote execution of arbitrary code A vulnerability in XStream may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. xstream 2016-12-13 2016-12-13 497652 remote 1.4.8-r1 1.4.8-r1

XStream is a simple library to serialize objects to XML and back again.

It was found that XStream would deserialize arbitrary user-supplied XML content, thus representing objects of any type.

A remote attacker could pass a specially crafted XML document to XStream, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All XStream users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/xstream-1.4.8-r1"

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