When deserializing untrusted or corrupted data, it is possible for a reader to consume memory beyond the allowed constraints and thus lead to out of memory on the system.
This issue affects Java applications using Apache Avro Java SDK up to and including 1.11.2. Users should update to apache-avro version 1.11.3 which addresses this issue.
The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avro | Apache | * | 1.11.3 (excluding) |
| EAP 7.4.14 | RedHat | avro | * |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Quarkus | RedHat | * | |
| Red Hat build of Quarkus 2.13.9.Final | RedHat | org.apache.avro/avro:1.11.3.redhat-00002 | * |
| Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.2.9.Final | RedHat | org.apache.avro/avro:1.11.3.redhat-00002 | * |
| Red Hat Fuse 7.12.1 | RedHat | avro | * |
| Red Hat Fuse 7.13.0 | RedHat | avro | * |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7 | RedHat | eap7-apache-cxf-0:3.1.16-3.SP1_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7 | * |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7 | RedHat | eap7-avro-0:1.7.6-2.redhat_00003.1.ep7.el7 | * |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7 | RedHat | eap7-bouncycastle-0:1.68.0-1.redhat_00005.1.ep7.el7 | * |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7 | RedHat | eap7-h2database-0:1.4.197-2.redhat_00005.1.ep7.el7 | * |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7 | RedHat | eap7-jackson-databind-0:2.8.11.6-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7 | * |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7 | RedHat | eap7-jboss-marshalling-0:2.0.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7 | * |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7 | RedHat | eap7-jboss-xnio-base-0:3.5.10-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7 | * |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7 | RedHat | eap7-wildfly-0:7.1.8-2.GA_redhat_00002.1.ep7.el7 | * |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7 | RedHat | eap7-xalan-j2-0:2.7.1-26.redhat_00015.1.ep7.el7 | * |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 | RedHat | eap7-apache-cxf-0:3.4.10-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el7eap | * |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 | RedHat | eap7-avro-0:1.7.6-8.redhat_00003.1.el7eap | * |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 | RedHat | eap7-h2database-0:1.4.197-3.redhat_00004.1.el7eap | * |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 | RedHat | eap7-jboss-annotations-api_1.3_spec-0:2.0.1-4.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap | * |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 | RedHat | eap7-jboss-marshalling-0:2.0.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap | * |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 | RedHat | eap7-jboss-server-migration-0:1.7.2-12.Final_redhat_00013.1.el7eap | * |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 | RedHat | eap7-jboss-xnio-base-0:3.7.13-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap | * |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 | RedHat | eap7-log4j-jboss-logmanager-0:1.2.2-2.Final_redhat_00002.1.el7eap | * |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 | RedHat | eap7-wildfly-0:7.3.11-4.GA_redhat_00002.1.el7eap | * |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 | RedHat | eap7-wss4j-0:2.3.3-2.redhat_00001.1.el7eap | * |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 | RedHat | eap7-xalan-j2-0:2.7.1-38.redhat_00015.1.el7eap | * |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 | RedHat | eap7-xml-security-0:2.2.3-2.redhat_00001.1.el7eap | * |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8 | RedHat | eap7-avro-0:1.11.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap | * |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9 | RedHat | eap7-avro-0:1.11.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el9eap | * |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7 | RedHat | eap7-avro-0:1.11.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap | * |
It is often convenient to serialize objects for communication or to save them for later use. However, deserialized data or code can often be modified without using the provided accessor functions if it does not use cryptography to protect itself. Furthermore, any cryptography would still be client-side security – which is a dangerous security assumption. Data that is untrusted can not be trusted to be well-formed. When developers place no restrictions on “gadget chains,” or series of instances and method invocations that can self-execute during the deserialization process (i.e., before the object is returned to the caller), it is sometimes possible for attackers to leverage them to perform unauthorized actions, like generating a shell.