Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Apache Karaf Decanter.
The Decanter log socket collector exposes the port 4560, without authentication. If the collector exposes allowed classes property, this configuration can be bypassed. It means that the log socket collector is vulnerable to deserialization of untrusted data, eventually causing DoS.
NB: Decanter log socket collector is not installed by default. Users who have not installed Decanter log socket are not impacted by this issue.
This issue affects Apache Karaf Decanter before 2.12.0.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.12.0, which fixes the issue.
Weakness
The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently ensuring that the resulting data will be valid.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karaf_decanter | Apache | * | 2.12.0 (excluding) |
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.