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CVE-2016-1000027

Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Published: Jan 02, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
6.8 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
9.8 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
NEGLIGIBLE
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000027
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/502.html

Pivotal Spring Framework through 5.3.16 suffers from a potential remote code execution (RCE) issue if used for Java deserialization of untrusted data. Depending on how the library is implemented within a product, this issue may or not occur, and authentication may be required. NOTE: the vendors position is that untrusted data is not an intended use case. The products behavior will not be changed because some users rely on deserialization of trusted data.

Weakness

The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently ensuring that the resulting data will be valid.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Spring_frameworkVmware*6.0.0 (excluding)
Libspring-javaUbuntuartful*
Libspring-javaUbuntubionic*
Libspring-javaUbuntucosmic*
Libspring-javaUbuntudisco*
Libspring-javaUbuntueoan*
Libspring-javaUbuntugroovy*
Libspring-javaUbuntuhirsute*
Libspring-javaUbuntuimpish*
Libspring-javaUbuntukinetic*
Libspring-javaUbuntulunar*
Libspring-javaUbuntumantic*
Libspring-javaUbuntuprecise*
Libspring-javaUbuntutrusty*
Libspring-javaUbuntuwily*
Libspring-javaUbuntuxenial*
Libspring-javaUbuntuyakkety*
Libspring-javaUbuntuzesty*

Potential Mitigations

  • Make fields transient to protect them from deserialization.
  • An attempt to serialize and then deserialize a class containing transient fields will result in NULLs where the transient data should be. This is an excellent way to prevent time, environment-based, or sensitive variables from being carried over and used improperly.

References

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