Bug#1087274: libxstream-java: CVE-2024-47072

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: libxstream-java
Version: 1.4.20-2
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil at debian.org, Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>
Control: found -1 1.4.20-1

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for libxstream-java.

CVE-2024-47072[0]:
| XStream is a simple library to serialize objects to XML and back
| again. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to terminate
| the application with a stack overflow error resulting in a denial of
| service only by manipulating the processed input stream when XStream
| is configured to use the BinaryStreamDriver. XStream 1.4.21 has been
| patched to detect the manipulation in the binary input stream
| causing the the stack overflow and raises an
| InputManipulationException instead. Users are advised to upgrade.
| Users unable to upgrade may catch the StackOverflowError in the
| client code calling XStream if XStream is configured to use the
| BinaryStreamDriver.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-47072
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-47072
[1] https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-hfq9-hggm-c56q
[2] https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2024-47072.html

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore