Alibaba Cloud Linux 2.1903 Security Advisory: ALINUX2-SA-2021:0043

Issued: 2021-07-15
Updated: 2021-07-15

xstream security update

Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 2.1903 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2021-29505:
XStream is software for serializing Java objects to XML and back again. A vulnerability in XStream versions prior to 1.4.17 may allow a remote attacker has sufficient rights to execute commands of the host only by manipulating the processed input stream. No user who followed the recommendation to setup XStream's security framework with a whitelist limited to the minimal required types is affected. The vulnerability is patched in version 1.4.17.