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Red Hat JBossEAP: Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CVE-2016-6814)

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Red Hat JBossEAP: Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CVE-2016-6814)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/14/2017
Created
09/20/2024
Added
09/19/2024
Modified
09/20/2024

Description

When an application with unsupported Codehaus versions of Groovy from 1.7.0 to 2.4.3, Apache Groovy 2.4.4 to 2.4.7 on classpath uses standard Java serialization mechanisms, e.g. to communicate between servers or to store local data, it was possible for an attacker to bake a special serialized object that will execute code directly when deserialized. All applications which rely on serialization and do not isolate the code which deserializes objects were subject to this vulnerability.. It was found that a flaw in Apache groovy library allows remote code execution wherever deserialization occurs in the application. It is possible for an attacker to craft a special serialized object that will execute code directly when deserialized. All applications which rely on serialization and do not isolate the code which deserializes objects are subject to this vulnerability.

Solution(s)

  • red-hat-jboss-eap-upgrade-latest

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