Apache Wicket DiskFileItem Class Deserialization Error Lets Remote Users Cause Denial of Service Conditions
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1037541 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1037541
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2016-6793
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jan 1 2017
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Impact:
Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 1.5.x, 6.x
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Apache Wicket. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can send specially crafted data to trigger a deserialization error in the DiskFileItem class and cause the target Wicket application to enter an infinite loop when the client attempts to write on the DeferredFileOutputStream attribute.
The impact depends on the ISerializer set in the target Wicket application.
Jacob Baines, Tenable Network Security, and Pedro Santos reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can cause the target application to enter an infinite loop.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (1.5.17, 6.25.0).
The vendor advisory is available at:
https://wicket.apache.org/news/2016/12/31/cve-2016-6793.html
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Vendor URL: wicket.apache.org/news/2016/12/31/cve-2016-6793.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
State error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Subject: [oss-security] Fwd: [ANNOUNCE] CVE-2016-6793 Apache Wicket deserialization vulnerability
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Pedro Santos
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Pedro Santos <pedro@apache.org>
Date: Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 5:21 AM
Subject: [ANNOUNCE] CVE-2016-6793 Apache Wicket deserialization vulnerability
To: announce@wicket.apache.org, "users@wicket.apache.org"
<users@wicket.apache.org>, dev@wicket.apache.org
CVE-2016-6793: Apache Wicket deserialization vulnerability
Severity: Low
Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation
Versions Affected: Apache Wicket 6.x and 1.5.x
Description: Depending on the ISerializer set in the Wicket
application, it's possible that a Wicket's object deserialized from an
untrusted source and utilized by the application to causes the code to
enter in an infinite loop. Specifically, Wicket's DiskFileItem class,
serialized by Kryo, allows an attacker to hack its serialized form to
put a client on an infinite loop if the client attempts to write on
the DeferredFileOutputStream attribute.
Mitigation: Upgrade to Apache Wicket 6.25.0 or 1.5.17
Credit: This issue was discovered by Jacob Baines, Tenable Network
Security and Pedro Santos
References: https://wicket.apache.org/news
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