SB2018052326 - Fedora 26 update for xmlrpc
Published: May 23, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Deserialization of untrusted data (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5003)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper deserialization of untrusted Java objects. A remote attacker can send a request that submits a malicious serialized Java object in an <ex:serializable> element and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
2) XML External Entity injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5002)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the Apache XML-RPC (aka ws-xmlrpc) library 3.1.3, as used in Apache Archiva, allows remote attackers to conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks via a crafted DTD.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.