CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-8511

Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Published: Feb 15, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
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
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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A Remote Code Execution vulnerability in HPE Network Automation using RPCServlet and Java Deserialization version v9.1x, v9.2x, v10.00, v10.00.01, v10.00.02, v10.10, v10.11, v10.11.01, v10.20 was found.

Weakness

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

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Network_automationHp9.10 (including)9.10 (including)
Network_automationHp9.20 (including)9.20 (including)
Network_automationHp9.22 (including)9.22 (including)
Network_automationHp9.22.01 (including)9.22.01 (including)
Network_automationHp9.22.02 (including)9.22.02 (including)
Network_automationHp10.00 (including)10.00 (including)
Network_automationHp10.00.01 (including)10.00.01 (including)
Network_automationHp10.00.02 (including)10.00.02 (including)
Network_automationHp10.10 (including)10.10 (including)
Network_automationHp10.11 (including)10.11 (including)
Network_automationHp10.11.01 (including)10.11.01 (including)
Network_automationHp10.20 (including)10.20 (including)

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