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CVE-2016-6814: Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Groovy

May 13, 2022 (updated October 17, 2024)

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.

References

  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868
  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2486
  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2596
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-xphj-m9cc-8fmq
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6814
  • security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-01
  • www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
  • www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
  • www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
  • www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
  • www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 1.7.0 before 2.4.8

Fixed versions

  • 2.4.8

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.4.8 or above.

Impact 9.8 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Source file

maven/org.codehaus.groovy/groovy/CVE-2016-6814.yml

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