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CVE-2016-7050

Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Published: Jun 08, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/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 IMPORTANT
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
9 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7050
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/502.html

SerializableProvider in RESTEasy in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Weakness

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

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Enterprise_linux_desktop Redhat 7.0 (including) 7.0 (including)
Enterprise_linux_hpc_node Redhat 7.0 (including) 7.0 (including)
Enterprise_linux_server Redhat 7.0 (including) 7.0 (including)
Enterprise_linux_workstation Redhat 7.0 (including) 7.0 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat resteasy-base-0:3.0.6-4.el7 *
Resteasy Ubuntu artful *
Resteasy Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Resteasy Ubuntu upstream *
Resteasy Ubuntu xenial *
Resteasy Ubuntu yakkety *
Resteasy Ubuntu zesty *
Resteasy3.0 Ubuntu upstream *

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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